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Protesters gather as Greek anti-racism groups and migrants hold a rally to protest a draft law that introduces tougher fines and shorter voluntary return deadlines for irregular migrants, during a parliamentary debate ahead of the vote, in Athens, Greece September 2, 2025 | Photo: REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
COVID-19 shutdowns worldwide resulted in a temporary fall in arrival numbers, but it did not put a stop to migration and refugee movements. In the picture, a group of sub-Saharan migrants wearing face masks as a precaution, seen in Malaga, Spain, after being rescued by the Spanish coast guard, September 11, 2020 | Photo: Jesus Merida/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire
File photo used for illustration: Migrants in detention centers in Libya have been exposed to some unthinkable atrocities, say human rights groups | Photo: picture-alliance

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A view of the German Parliament, the Bundestag | Photo: Reuters
Aurora SAR rescue ship of the NGO Sea Watch approaches Lampedusa. ANSA
Members of the Ghana Project Pordenone, in Friuli Venezia Giulia | Photo: ANSA

Understanding Europe

More than 1 million Ukrainians have fled to Germany since Russia's full-scale invasion of their home country in February 2022 | Photo: Jochen Eckel / IMAGO
File photo: An officer patrolling for the European border patrol agency Frontex | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa/Christian Charisius
File photo used as illustration: Deportation flight from Germany to Afghanistan | Photo: Jan Woitas/picture-alliance

The European Union

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