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Members of Angela Merkel's CDU and its sister party CSU arrive for talks with the social-democratic party (SPD), to try to convince their government allies to accept a new deal on migration. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is joined by European leaders including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for talks on migration as part of the European Political Community Summit at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. IMAGES
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hails the EU parliament's adoption of a contentious asylum policy reform as a "huge achievement for Europe". The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- a sweeping reform nearly a decade in the making. SOUNDBITE
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni visit Lampedusa following a recent surge in migrant arrivals to the small Italian island. During her visit, von der Leyen said irregular migration was a "European challenge" needing a "European answer", offering a 10-point plan to help Rome deal with the crisis. This week a record of around 8,500 people -- more than the island's entire local population -- have arrived in around 200 boats, according to the UN migration agency. IMAGES
In Turkey, migrants are seen walking to the border on Sunday. The UN on Saturday said migrants have gathered along the Turkish-Greek border after Turkey's president threatened to allow some of the some 3.6 million refugees in the country cross into Europe IMAGES
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