On Wednesday 18 January, the European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, visited Lesbos in Greece to observe the situation of migrants and refugees in the camps there. He also used this visit as an opportunity to assess the impact of the EU/Turkey agreement of 18 March, which calls for migrants that have illegally entered the EU since this date to be returned to Turkey. He called on member states to step up their efforts in providing assistance to Greece in this regard.
The...