A total of 1,662 migrants have landed on Greek islands near Turkey since a landmark EU-Turkish deal on curbing the influx took effect, a Greek coordination panel said on Monday.
Half of the migrants arrived in Chios and 698 in lesbos, according to the SOMP agency which is coordinating Athens’ response to the migration crisis.
The continuing influx “creates a problem, and raises questions about the intent of all parties” in the agreement, SOMP spokesman Giorgos Kyritsis said. The deal aims at cutting off a route that enabled 8,50,000 people to pour into Europe last year, many of them fleeing conflict in Syria.