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File photo: Only a few hundred migrants have been exchanged between Britain and France under the 'one in, one out' deal so far | Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
These migrants were photographed while wading out into the English near Gravelines, France in the summer of 2025, as smugglers in France increasingly seem to expect their willing victims to complete the initial stretch of their journey this way | Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa/picture alliance
Mohammad, a Palestinian refugee in Cyprus, talking to his family in Gaza | Source: Screenshot DW

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File photo used for illustration: A partially deflated and empty rubber boat, probably used by migrants, floats in the  Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy, on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, as seen from aboard the humanitarian aircraft Seabird | Photo: AP Photo/Renata Brito
Several officials appear to have witnessed the scene taking place at the Dutch asylum center | Source: Screenshot Dumpert
Greek emergency personnel wait to transfer bodies of dead migrants,  following a boat collision with the coast guard off the island of Chios, in the port of Chios, Greece, February 3, 2026 | Photo: REUTERS/Konstantinos Anagnostou

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The number of deportations from Germany has been rising | Photo: EHL Media/IMAGO
File photo: A view of people queuing in front of a tent at the arrival center for refugees from Ukraine at the former Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany | Photo: ARCHIVE/EPA/CHRISTOPH SOEDER
File photo: Danish leader Mette Frederiksen (l) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (r) have written a joint letter, calling for a reinterpretation of the ECHR to meet the challenges of modern migration management policies | Photo: Photoshot / picture alliance