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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
The fighting in Sudan has caused more than 100,000 people to cross the border, UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado says. UNHCR, the United Nations' refugee agency, is estimating that more than 800,000 people could potentially flee to neighbouring countries as the conflict between Sudan's regular army and paramilitaries continues. SOUNDBITE
The US and European delegations on the UN Security Council condemn Belarus's behavior in the migrant crisis on its border with Poland. SOUNDBITE
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.
Castillejos (Morocco), May 18 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mohamed Siali) Dozens of people continue to enter the Spanish city of Ceuta on Tuesday morning through gaps in the breakwater that extends the Tarajal border to the sea, given the apparent passivity of the Moroccan police and the Auxiliary Forces (paramilitary body) deployed on the border.FOOTAGE OF THE SITUATION IN CASTILLEJOS, MOROCCO