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Hundreds of migrants wait to be processed by US authorities in Eagle Pass, Texas, after crossing the US-Mexico border. The state's Republican governor signed a bill on Monday that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. The move by Governor Greg Abbott sets up a potential legal clash with the federal government, which generally sets and enforces immigration laws. IMAGES
A boat believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants is safely towed to the Greek island of Crete after a dramatic rescue complicated by near gale-force winds, a coastguard said. IMAGES
Several hundred migrants gather behind barbed wire on the Belarusian side of the Polish-Belarusian border. For several months, thousands of migrants, encouraged by Alexander Lukashenko's regime, have been trying to cross the border illegally to enter the European Union. Poland has sent thousands of soldiers to the area, enforced a state of emergency in the region complete with a media blackout. It has also built a razor-wire fence and approved the construction of a wall. IMAGES
Castillejos, May 18 (EFE).- Hundreds of migrants from Morocco continued Monday night to cross border to the Spanish city of Ceuta, during an unstoppable wave of migration in which 5,000 migrants have been reported to have entered the Spanish border in the last 24 hours. (Camera: MOHAMED SIALI).SHOT LIST: MIGRANTS CROSS BORDER TO SPANISH CITY OF CEUTA, IN CASTILLEJOS, MOROCCO.
Migrants on the Turkish side of the border with Greece clash with the Greek police. They exchange tear gas and stones and some migrants try to pull down the fence with ropes. IMAGES