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The European Union's border agency says the number of illegal migrants entering Europe has fallen since April. Nathan Frandino reports.
Chaman, Aug 27 (EFE/EPA).- The United Nations refugee agency Friday urged Pakistan to open its borders for refugees fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan.“We call upon the government to open its border for vulnerable Afghans whose life is at risk in Afghanistan,” the UNHCR spokesperson Qaiser Khan Afridi told EFE.Afridi said that the Pakistan government was not allowing Afghans to enter the country without a visa. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: AFGHAN PEOPLE WAIT TO CROSS THE BORDER AT CHAMAN BORDER POINT, IN PAKISTAN.
The EU says it will set up a stand-alone agency to crack down on money laundering across Europe where major banks have been hit by a wave of dirty money scandals. Many cases have involved northern countries such as Denmark, Sweden and Finland with a reputation for playing by the rules, but criminal gangs and terrorism are also a central concern. SOUNDBITE
Lisbon (Portugal), Oct 9 (EFE), (Camera: Miguel Conceiçao).- Transforming the border into the "heart" of the Iberian Peninsula and benefiting more than 5 million people is the ambitious objective of the Common Strategy for Cross-border Development between Portugal and Spain, according to the Portuguese Minister for Territorial Cohesion Ana Abrunhosa.SOUNDBITES OF PORTUGUESE MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL COHESION ANA ABRUNHOSA DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE:"If we went to Alto Minho, and on the other side of the border, (we will see) the border no longer exists. Every day, workers cross the border from one side to the other, when we go to Alto Minho we no longer distinguish Portuguese or Spanish companies. For the first time and this common strategy of cross-border development, this will happen along the entire border, from the country's north to south. It will make this border, which is one of the weakest in Europe contrary to what happens in all the borders since they are normally very dynamic territories, instead of being Portugal's interior (..) to become the centre of the Iberian Peninsula."
Singapore, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).- Singapore, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).- The Singapore Tourism Board has announced 45 million SGD (about $29 million) domestic tourism campaign to help boost the ailing tourism industry amid travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Camera: WALLACE WOON).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF SINGAPORE.
Openreach - which is owned by BT - has announced plans to install "ultrafast" internet connections to three million homes in the UK by 2020.
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