Greece said it stopped 150 migrants from entering its waters from neighbouring Turkey, a day after holding back another 600 in the largest attempted entry this year. "As part of our daily patrols, four separate operations took place early on Tuesday morning off the islands of Chios, Samos and Lesbos" in the north-eastern Aegean, a Greek coastguard official said.
"Four inflatable dinghies were spotted with around 150 migrants aboard on the Greek maritime border and the patrol boats deterred them from entering by using sound and light signals and notifying the Turkish authorities" to retrieve them, the official said. The Greek islands in the Aegean are very close to Turkey's western coast, from where migrants fleeing war and poverty seek to enter the European Union. - AFP
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