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Departures from northern French shores have become increasingly risky for migrants attempting to reach the UK by crossing the English Channel, as smugglers try to crowd more and more people onto small dinghies and people are boarding in increasingly deep waters in an attempt to evade interceptions from French police | Photo: Reuters
Deportations from Germany are most often carried out via plane | Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa/picture alliance
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
Migrants rest in a logistics center at the checkpoint "Kuznitsa" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Friday, November 19, 2021 | Photo: Maxim Guchek/dpa/picture-alliance
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