[4] The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has confirmed that a group of 135 Iraqis were arrested while preparing to cross into Greece have been sent back to Iraq.
However, concerns have been raised both about Greece's ability to identify those in need of protection among migration flows heading towards the country, and about its comparatively under-developed asylum system.
The country's handling of the Iraqis that have fled as part of the displacement crisis would certainly suggest that much must still be done to improve Greece's ability to provide protection to refugees.
Young single men form the majority of the Iraqi presence in Greece However, there is a substantial population that is married at 65 per cent, most of which leave behind their wife and children, with the intention of bringing them once they have completed any formal documents.
Turkmen are also Sunni Muslim, speak a dialect of Turkish and form a small percentage of Iraqis in Greece.
[1] The Iraqi Arabs who arrived in Greece are Muslims from the central and southern parts of Iraq, mostly Sunni with a tiny Shia minority.
Sunni Arabs form 17 per cent of the total Iraqi population, which is almost an equal amount if not more than their Turkmen counterparts.
[1] Although many have already completed higher education, the average age of an Iraqi refugee and asylum seeker is relatively low, which the majority has not yet had any opportunities to work in their chosen profession and hence their theoretical knowledge remains undeveloped.