GETTY Erdogan could back down on a deal with the EU on migrants

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The number of stranded asylum seekers coming from the Turkish shores to the northeast Aegean islands has exceeded 10,000 for the first time ever. Of those, more than 1,170 arrived by boat in the two weeks after the attempt to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 15. Registration centres across the Greek islands only have room to house 7,450 people, with authorities struggling to cope with the rapid increase of arrivals since the coup. The influx of people comes as Erdogan threatened to pull out of the £5billion deal with Brussels.

GETTY Thousands of migrants are landing on the Greek islands

Under an EU-Turkey deal to stem the flow of migrants, those who arrive in Greece can be detained and returned to Turkey as part of an agreement in exchange for cash and visa-free travel across Europe. But the bloc said Turkey's 80 million citizens will not be granted the concession until it reaches a minimum level of EU requirements, including changing its anti-terrorism laws. Turkey’s foreign minister Melvut Cavusoglu said: “All that is dependent on the cancellation of the visa requirement for our citizens which is also an item in the agreement of March 18. “If visa liberalisation does not follow, we will be forced to back away from the deal on taking back [refugees] and the agreement of March 18.” When the deal started in April there were 6,232 people waiting on the islands to be processed - now there are nearly double that number, despite the agreement being meant to quell the numbers.

Greek migrant crisis Tue, June 28, 2016 Hundreds of migrants deported to Turkey, as part of EU-Turkey Refugee Deal. Play slideshow EPA 1 of 141 Greek Orthodox monk welcoming refugees arriving on a dinghy on a northeastern coast of the island of Lesvos, Greece

GETTY Many have had to be rescued from the sea after fleeing to Europe by boat

More than 57,000 migrants have been registered in Greece, according to the refugee crisis management coordinating committee. The number includes 7,638 refugees staying in premises rented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and another 2,756 in unorganised structures. An estimated 2,300 migrants are thought to be living outside any official or proper hospitality structure. Following the attempted coup against President Erdogan in Turkey last month, Greek asylum judges are reluctant to return migrants to the country in turmoil.

GETTY The influx of people comes as Erdogan threatened to pull out of the £5billion deal