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Nastya Podorozhnya was a 24-year-old Ukrainian graduate living in Poland when Russia invaded her native country in 2022 | Photo: Adam Easton/DW
File photo: Frontex vessels coordinate rescue operations but do not proactively get involved in such rescues | Photo: Reuters
File photo: These migrant children queue outside a police station to be registered following mass crossings from Morocco into Ceuta, Spain, in August 2026 | Photo: Violeta Santos Moura / Reuters

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File photo: Latvia's borders are fortified against illegal entries but thousands of people continue to attempt irregular crossings in the EU member state | Photo: picture alliance
File photo used as illustration: Authorities in Britain are cracking down on fraudulent asylum claims — including false claims on sexuality | Photo: Reuters
File photo: People smugglers have been using increasingly bigger boats to move irregular migrants across the English Channel | Photo: picture-alliance

Understanding Europe

A group of migrants who had been staying on the beach wait to be transferred to new temporary centers while being held back by police in Ceuta | Photo: EPA
File photo: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that the European Union will propose an emergency framework to prevent a sudden influx of irregular migrant arrivals into the bloc | Photo : Yves Herman / Reuters
DW has been canvassing opinion across Saxony Anhalt, following state elections there, here three men, an entrepreneur, an AfD supporter and a migrant doctor talk about their reactions to the vote | Source: Screenshot DW