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Hellenic Police sweeped through the area of Monastiraki Square in central Athens on Thursday, the second such operation against illegal activity so far this week after the one at Victoria Square on Wednesday.  

The migration and asylum ministry on Thursday announced that it has submitted a request to the European Commission and the EU border agency Frontex for the immediate return of 1,450 foreigners who are not entitled to international protection to Turkey, based on the EU-Turkey Statement.

Twenty eight foreigners, 14 men and 12 women, were arrested by police at the international airports of Chania and Heraklion in Crete on Monday for attempting to travel abroad with fake travel documents.