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German captain Carola Rackete, who sparked international headlines by forcibly docking in an Italian port with rescued migrants, arrives at Agrigento court to face questioning by an Italian prosecutor over allegedly aiding illegal immigration. IMAGES
Farmers listen live to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal giving his general policy statement at the National Assembly, from a motorway blockade near Villabe in Paris outskirts. (COMPLETE VIDI34H939T_EN, VIDI34H93A6_EN, VIDI34H82TM_EN) IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tells the House of Commons he has "absolute conviction" in his government's plan to send migrants to Rwanda ahead of a vote in parliament on the bill which has exposed schisms in his ruling Conservative party. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, if passed, will compel judges to treat Rwanda as a safe third country and proposes giving UK ministers powers to disregard sections of international and British human rights legislation. SOUNDBITE
UK lawmakers vote in favour of the government's latest plans for sending migrants to Rwanda, which has split Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ruling Conservative party. A knife-edge parliamentary vote in the House of Commons sees 313 MPs vote for the so-called Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, with 269 against. IMAGES
Denmark's parliament votes to expel former migration minister Inger Stojberg, who was convicted last week of violating migrants' rights by separating asylum-seeking couples. IMAGES
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