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Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani (r) met with Albanian prime minister Edi Rama (l) earlier in the year already during a visit by the latter to Rome on September 27 | Photo: ARCHIVE/ANSA/VINCENZO LIVIERI
Thousands of migrants cross the Mediterranean every year in hopes of finding a better life in Europe. | Photo: Emilio Morenatti/picture alliance/AP Photo
CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz (left) and his secretary-general, Carsten Linnemann, have both backed more restrictive asylum policies | Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa/picture alliance
Migrants arrive on the City Hall plaza in Paris, Monday Dec.25, 2023 as migrant families meet on Christmas Day seeking somewhere to stay | Photo: AP / Nicolas Garriga
The total number of asylum applications recorded in the European Union (EU) in 2023 is expected to exceed one million | Photo: Ciro Fusco / ANSA