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File photo used as illustration: Germany has resumed deportation flights to Afghanistan | Photo: picture alliance
Screenshot video report | Source: DW
File photo: British authorities say they are 'making progress' with their strategies to reduce the numbers of migrants arriving from across the Channel | Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

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File photo: France has for many years served as an important departure point for migrants seeking to cross the Channel toward the UK | Photo: Reuters
File photo used for illustration: Afghans leave Pakistan for Berlin in December 2025 | Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/picture alliance

File photo used as illustration: Germany's eastern borders with Poland and Austria remained the main routes for smuggling activity  | Photo: picture alliance

Understanding Europe

File photo: Europe has updated its trafficking law to include forced marriage, forced surrogacy, and illegal adoption | PHOTO: picture-alliance/dpa/A. Dedert
The European Parliament (EP) General 
Assembly | Photo: Dursun Aydemir / 
Anadolu Agency via picture-alliance
Much remains unclear about how the new system will work in practice | Photo: Angelika Warmuth/REUTERS