Pope to visit Lesbos to 'shed light' on the migrant crisis and pile pressure on EU leaders over their deportation deal with Turkey

Pope Francis will travel to the Greek island of Lesbos on the frontline of Europe's refugee crisis next week as a controversial EU accord to send migrants back to Turkey stalled.

The trip by the pope, who will be accompanied by the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, is likely to pile pressure on EU leaders already facing criticism over the controversial deal struck last month.

'The Greek government will welcome Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as valuable defenders of support to refugees,' a government source in Athens said, adding the trip would happen on April 14 or 15.

'Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will go with (them) to the island of Lesbos,' a tourist hub that has been transformed into a major gateway for new arrivals seeking a better life in Europe.

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