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A total of 605 migrants arrived in the UK on Wednesday February 25, 2026 after crossing the Channel or part of the Channel in small boats | Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
File photo used for illustration: Suspected irregular migrants sit on the ground after they were detained by German police | Photo: Lisi Niesner/REUTERS
File photo: The European Council has given the final greenlight to new EU asylum measures, including finalizing a list of safe countries of origin | Photo: ANSA / European Union.

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Sudanese refugees gather in Cairo at an assembly point for buses arranged for their voluntary return from Egypt to Sudan | Photo: ARCHIVE/EPA/MOHAMED HOSSAM
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meeting Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulidīs in Palazzo Chigi, the seat of the Italian government in Rome, on Feb. 26, 2026 | Photo: GOVERNO ITALIANO/PRESIDENZA DEL CONSIGLIO DEI MINISTRI
File photo: The Belgian Constitutional Court orders the suspension of two asylum provisions meant to make family reunification and asylum support more difficult | Photo: Werner LerooY/Zoonar/picture alliance

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A view of the Bundestag, the German Parliament | Photo: Reuters
File photo: Federal Administrative Court, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, 26 August 2025 | Photo: Peter Engelke/PIC ONE/picture alliance
A vehicle being inspected by the French border police in Montgenèvre (Hautes-Alpes region). Archive photo: Mehdi Chebil