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Spanish humanitarian ship Open Arms arrives off the island of Lampedusa with 147 migrants on board, after a judge in Rome suspended far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's decree banning them from Italy's territorial waters. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal migrants to her country during a visit on Friday. IMAGES of her being greeted by Tunisia President Essebsi upon arrival
The far-right National Rally's (RN) Marine Le Pen meets Matteo Salvini, head of Italy's anti-immigrant League party in Brussels, following the European elections, which saw the far-right make big gains. IMAGES
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni votes in a polling station in a school South of Rome at the opening of the polls for the European elections. Polls suggest Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party looks set to claim 27 percent of the vote, equalling 22 seats, amid a broader surge of far-right groups across the EU. IMAGES
Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni visits an under-construction asylum processing centre in Albania, set to be run by Italy, with her Albanian counterpart Edi Rama, days ahead of European elections. Under a controversial deal between Rome and Tirana, Albania has agreed to take in asylum seekers plucked from the seas off Italy, register them at a migrant centre on the Adriatic Sea and then house them at another centre inland while their claims are processed. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni visit Lampedusa following a recent surge in migrant arrivals to the small Italian island. During her visit, von der Leyen said irregular migration was a "European challenge" needing a "European answer", offering a 10-point plan to help Rome deal with the crisis. This week a record of around 8,500 people -- more than the island's entire local population -- have arrived in around 200 boats, according to the UN migration agency. IMAGES
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