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Organizers say some 3,000 activists in Lausanne demonstrate in favor of better rights for asylum seekers, after critics accuse Switzerland of a clampdown on migrants. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
German officials have denied a report by the Bild daily that says the country expects up to 1.5 million asylum seekers this year. Nathan Frandino reports.
Germany is stepping up deportations of asylum seekers from Albania and other Balkan nations to help make way for people fleeing civil war in Syria. Vanessa Johnston reports.
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
People walk up the stairs of a plane which is set to take UK asylum seekers to Rwanda, as part of a controversial policy to send those who comes to the UK illegally to the African country for processing and resettlement. Only six people are now due to be deported because of legal challenges and reviews of cases -- well down on the 130 initially envisaged by the authorities. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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