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GREECE, Lesvos: Protesters hold a banner reading Ferries are for safe passage, not for deportation in Lesvos harbour on April 4, 2016 as Greece sent a first wave of migrants back to Turkey the same day under an EU deal that has faced heavy criticism from rights groups. Under the agreement, designed to halt the main influx which comes from Turkey, all irregular migrants arriving since March 20 face being sent back, although the deal calls for each case to be examined individually. For every Syrian refugee returned, another Syrian refugee will be resettled from Turkey to the EU, with numbers capped at 72,000.

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