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The readmission operation of refugees and migrants from Greek islands to Turkey has begun with 202 people being already sent back, while the situation in Idomeni and Piraeus as well as in other hotspots remains tense.

The first Syrians arrived in Germany from Turkey and the first group of migrants arrived in Turkey from Greece as a EU-Turkey deal on migration entered into force on Monday, Turkish and Greek media outlets have reported.

The first group of immigrants are returning to Turkey, as it is provided by EU-Turkey agreement signed on refugee issue.

136 immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who were in Mytilene, boarded on two boats on Monday morning and have already arrived in Turkey, while 66 immigrants are expected to arrive at 11pm in Turkey’s shore from Chios .

A first Syrians arrived in Germany from Istanbul April 4, while a first group of migrants arrived in Turkey from Greece on the same day under an EU-Turkey migrant deal aimed at stopping the influx of refugees into Europe.

The first Syrians arrived in Germany from Istanbul April 4, while the first group of migrants arrived in Turkey from Greece on the same day, under an EU-Turkey migrant deal aimed at stopping the influx of migrants and refugees into Europe since last year. 

The situation on the refugee crisis in Greece is dire and is expected to deteriorate even further, according to the Hellenic Union of Coastguard Officers.

While 70 percent of Syrians in Germany are university graduates, only two percent of Syrians in Turkey are skilled workers, a senior academic at Hacettepe University's Migration and Politics Research Center has said, warning over the difficulties of integrating Syrians in the country.

A police raid on illegal street vendors took place at the center of the port city of Patras in the Peloponnese. Over 14,000 goods were confiscated during the operation where eight men were arrested.

More than a hundred students from the United Kingdom were admitted to the Medical University in the Bulgarian city of Pleven.

The students will begin their six-year education programme which is taught in English in several days.

On Sunday the rector of the university will greet the new students at a special welcome event featuring a performance of the city's folklore ensemble.

Turkey's Coast Guard rescued 91,611 would-be migrants who left their countries in a bid to reach northern and Western Europe in 2015, while 279 of them lost their lives in drowning incidents in the Aegean Sea, according to officials.