Government spokesperson Stelios Petsas said on Monday in an interview with MEGA TV that SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is accusing others of the performance of his government.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reached agreements with 16 countries,  for the return of migrants, according to German media.

The first boats carrying migrants being returned from Greece to Turkey have departed under an EU plan aimed at easing mass migration to Europe.