The mayor of Kos island Giorgos Kyritsis in a letter to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and to all the political party leaders expressed his concern over the danger the EU-Turkey agreement on migrants and refugees to become inactive.

The attempted coup in Turkey and president Erdogan's wwidening rift with the West is leading to  a new surge of migrants seeking refuge in Greece. A dinghy with 34 refugees and migrants was located off the northern coasts of Lesvos on Monday.