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Tijuana, Mar 17 (EFE).- Tension, desperation and uncertainty can be felt along the US-Mexico border due to the increase in migrants and the new immigration policies of the Joe Biden administration, which on Wednesday denied that there is any "crisis."In Tijuana, the largest Mexican city along the border, confusion reigns at a camp of 1,500 migrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba, Haiti and Africa, including 350 children, who are waiting to cross the border into the US.The migrants have complained that they do not have any sanitary facilities in their tents or leisure spaces and that there is less oversight by the city's Municipal Police. (Camera: ISRAEL MARTINEZ PAEZ).SHOT LIST: MIGRANTS AT THE CHAPARRAL REFUGEE CAMP IN TIJUANA, MEXICO.
Images show tear gas billowing on the Greek side of the Kastanies border checkpoint between Greece and Turkey amid the ongoing migration crisis in the region. IMAGES
The European Union will provide Greece "all the necessary operational support" to help tackle the migration surge from neighbouring Turkey, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says. The EU dispatched its highest officials to Turkey and Greece amid concern over a fresh migrant crisis and allegations that Ankara was trying to "blackmail" the bloc by opening its borders to thousands of refugees seeking to flee to Europe. IMAGES
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that the EU chiefs will visit the Greek border on Tuesday the 3rd of March over the migrant crisis. IMAGES
The man on the right is Antonio Guterres, the former Prime Minister of Portugal and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and he is set to replace Ban Ki Moon as the next Secretary General of the United Nations. 66-year-old Guterres worked as UN High Commissioner for Refugees over the past decade and dealt with the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War during his tenure. The official choice will be announced in a formal vote by the Security Council later on Thursday.
Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, laid out his economic vision for the United Kingdom at the Bloomberg offices in London, on Thursday. Ahead of the September vote, Corbyn reportedly enjoys a strong following among party grassroots, tipping him as the favourite against his sole challenger for the leadership, MP Owen Smith.