Greek PM calls on EU to revisit migrant return policy ahead of Council summit

Europe needs to ensure that migrants who have entered the bloc illegally are turned back to their point of origin rather than their point of entry, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in doorstep comments ahead of the European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday, where migration is expected to be one of the top issues on the agenda.

"What is missing from our European strategy is an effective returns policy," he said, going on to confirm Athens' intention "to submit innovative proposals to the Council on how we can make the returns of those not entitled to asylum to their countries of origin more effective," Mitsotakis added, expressing Athens' concerns about regulations that foresee the return of migrants to their point of entry - in many cases Greece. 

"For the past five years, Greece has been at the forefront of implementing a very strict but fair...