Today, on the third anniversary of the signing of the EU-Turkey deal, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) calls on European leaders to take action to end the harmful policy of containment on the Greek island ‘hotspots’. 

Greek authorities on Tuesday sent 17 irregular migrants back to Turkey from the Aegean island of Lesvos, in accordance with the EU-Turkey agreement.

It is in Turkey's financial and international interests to uphold the agreement with the European Union on the handling of refugees, Alternate Defence Minister Dimitris Vitsas said in an interview on the state broadcaster ERT on Monday.