BRUSSELS, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) said in a report on Tuesday that the EU-Turkey Statement on refugees is delivering results despite some challenges.
As a result, the EU pledged to continue its financial assistance for Turkey in dealing with refugee crisis.
Since the EU-Turkey refugee deal came into force in March, the average daily refugees crossing the Aegean Sea to the Greek islands has dropped from 1740 to 94, according to the report released by the European Commission. Meanwhile, the number of losses of lives also fell.
Meanwhile, under the so-called "refugee swap" mechanism, 1,614 Syrian refugees have been resettled from Turkey to Europe and the return of 578 irregular migrants has been carried out from the Greek islands to Turkey.
The EU said the deal had delivered "steady results" in the face of many challenges. However, it is widely believed that the implementation pace of the deal was lagging far behind.
The report said the total numbers of arrivals from Turkey to the Greek islands since June 2016 was 9,250, representing an average daily arrival of around 81.
Although the numbers were 97 percent lower than in August 2015, the refugees remained in Greece awaiting relocation has increased to around 60,500.
The EU pointed out the challenges ahead in the report, including the slow pace of resettlement of refugees, and the pressure on reception facilities on the Greek islands, saying it would speed up asylum applications as well as the pace of returns to Turkey, and increase reception capacity in Greek islands.
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