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File photo used as illustration: Around 14,000 Bangladeshi migrants arrive in Italy each year but the journey there is difficult. Many will end up facing exploitation and disappointment in Libya. The lucky ones might be transferred home via the Bangladeshi embassy | Photo: Embassy of Bangladesh in Libya
Over seven million people in Spain come from another country, with many having arrived in the EU member state by irregular means | Photo: C. Lucas Abreu / Madrid Destino / picture-alliance
Under Switzerland's direct democracy system, citizens can trigger popular votes by collecting 100,000 valid signatures within 18 months | Photo: Anthony Anex/Keystone/picture-alliance
File photo used for illustration: Mustafa Khater, a 28-year-old charity kitchen worker who fled with his pregnant wife a few days before el-Fasher fell to the RSF, walks at his neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, January 14, 2026 | Photo: Khaled el Fiqi/ AP
Many Afghans in Iran are trying to return to their homeland via border crossings such as Islam Qala | Photo: Mohsen Karimi/AFP