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Added on the 04/08/2021 11:26:47 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
French demolition teams have started to dismantle the infamous refugee camp, known as the 'Jungle' in Calais. Reports say police fired teargas at about 150 people and activists who threw stones, and at least three shelters were on fire.
Although rather unknown, Victoria Square in Athens is a central point for asylum seekers en-route through Europe. A Dutch ngo makes sure these refugees have all the necessary goods for the trip.
French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu is on board the Dixmude, a French helicopter carrier anchored in the Egyptian port of Al-Arich, where wounded civilians from Gaza are being treated. The minister is spending New Year's Eve aboard the French ship, anchored some 50 kilometers from the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, where aid is trickling in. IMAGES
Brigitte Macron receives Ukrainian First Lady, Olena Zelenska, who is on an official visit to Paris, at the Elysee Palace. IMAGES
People walk up the stairs of a plane which is set to take UK asylum seekers to Rwanda, as part of a controversial policy to send those who comes to the UK illegally to the African country for processing and resettlement. Only six people are now due to be deported because of legal challenges and reviews of cases -- well down on the 130 initially envisaged by the authorities. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).