Image copyright AP Image caption Thousands of migrants are currently living in a makeshift camp in Idomeni, Greece, in squalid conditions A deal has been done, but - in the words of Jean-Claude Juncker - implementing it will be a Herculean task. 'It is the biggest challenge the EU has ever faced,' he said. It was a sober assessment from the president of the European Commission, which reflects the fact that this is a throw of the dice, a gamble based on deterrence which could well fail. Scepticism hangs heavy in the air about a host of legal issues, and about whether the agreement can actually work in practice. The idea at the heart of the deal - sending virtually all irregular migrants back to Turkey from the Greek islands - is the most controversial.

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European leaders insist that everything will be in compliance with the law. 'It excludes any kind of collective expulsions,' emphasised European Council President Donald Tusk. But Amnesty International has accused the EU of 'turning its back on a global refugee crisis, and wilfully ignoring its international obligations'.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) will take part in the scheme, but it is clearly uncomfortable with what has been agreed. 'Irreversible momentum'. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Many thousands of refugees try to get to Greece each year by crossing the sea from Turkey The response from the European Union - and from Turkey - is that something had to be done to limit irregular migration, and that this amounts to the best deal possible in difficult circumstances. From Sunday virtually all migrants arriving in the Greek islands will be eligible to be sent back to Turkey. Electronics repairing books in urdu free download full.

Returns are expected to begin in early April. For each Syrian migrant sent back, another Syrian will be resettled from a refugee camp in Turkey directly to the EU. The resettlement programme will, at the insistence of Turkey, begin on the same day. Germany will take the lion's share of Syrians, and participation from other EU countries will be on a voluntary basis. But if thousands of people continue to arrive in Greece, the plan will fall apart. Everyone knows it.

'It's time to cross the fingers, work hard, and hope for the best,' one EU official acknowledged. 'There is a huge amount still to be done.'

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