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29/06/2018 GMT

EU Leaders Agree Migration Policy

BBC World Service - World Update, EU Leaders Agree Migration Policy

Plans include creating migrant centres outside of the EU - but can they work?

New proposals include setting up voluntary migrant centres outside of the EU - but there has been no confirmation of which countries would host the centres. Also: what control do we have over our biometric data; elections in Mexico are set to take place amid unprecedented levels of violence.


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