Greek parliament approved in principle on Friday a bill on migration activating the EU-Turkey agreement and allowing the return of refugees to Turkey as of Monday, with 169 votes in favour and 107 against.

SYRIZA, ANEL, the Democratic Coalition and Potami voted in favour of the bill, while New Democracy, Golden Dawn, the Communist Party and the Centrists’ Union voted it down.

However, Vasiliki Katrivanou and Tasia Christodoulopoulou expressed their objection to the bill voting down the Article 60, which provides at times of increased refugee flow, the duration for examining asylum applications is limited to 14 days.