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Turkey to take in 200 more migrants from Greece

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04-06-2016 06:34 BJT

Turkey has agreed to take in around 200 more migrants from Greece. Authorities say they will ship the migrants to the Turkish town of Dikili Wednesday morning. Turkey has sent 78 Syrian refugees to Germany in exchange. The European Commission says it will help European cities integrate the new arrivals.

Dozens of migrants have staged protests on the Greek island of Lesbos. Thousands are being held in a detention center there under the new EU-Turkey deal.

A German flagged NATO ship has started patrolling the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece. The International Organisation for Migration says nearly two-hundred-thousand migrants have reached Europe by sea this year alone. More than 700 people died attempting the trip.

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