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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
Migrants wait between two walls on the United States side of the border with Mexico, as pandemic-era controls barring migrants from claiming US asylum expire at midnight Thursday amid fears of chaos at the border, with a tough new policy spelling uncertainty for thousands seeking refuge in America. IMAGES
Hundreds of people wait for buses in Poland's Medyka after crossing the border from Ukraine. IMAGES
Members of the ‘Mothers on the Border’ group hold a rally in favour of migrant rights in town at Belarus border. The West accuses Belarus of artificially creating the crisis at its border with Poland by bringing in would-be migrants, mostly from the Middle East, and taking them to the border with promises of an easy crossing into the EU. IMAGES
A group of migrants wait at Minsk airport, Belarus, for the first Iraqi repatriation flight with somewhere between 200 and 300 people on board, heading first to Erbil and then to Baghdad. Thousands of migrants, mainly from the Middle East, are camped out or staying close to the Poland-Belarus border in dire conditions aiming to cross into the European Union, in a crisis that began over the summer. IMAGES
Images show dozens of migrants waiting by the Kuznica-Bruzgi checkpoint on the Belarusian side of the country's border with Poland. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says his country is working to repatriate the migrants who have amassed between the two eastern European countries. IMAGES of the migrants