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Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, unveils a plan to quadruple the supply of semiconductors in Europe by 2030, hoping to limit the bloc's dependence on Asia for a key component used in electric cars and smartphones. 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
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson calls Tunisian President Kais Saied's statements on African migrants "worrying" but says the EU will continue to cooperate with this "key country" to prevent illegal immigration to Europe. Last month, Saied ordered officials to take "urgent measures" to tackle irregular migration, claiming without evidence that "a criminal plot" was underway to change Tunisia's demographic makeup. He claimed that migrants were behind most crime in the North African country. SOUNDBITE
Brussels, Sep 12 (EFE)- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Spaniards milling around with their suitcases in a Brussels station, churro makers in a small Brussels venue and black and white souvenirs are some of the images that the Immigration Museum in the Belgian capital shows in a photographic exhibition dedicated to immigrants who began landing in Belgium more than half a century ago.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION.
Motril (Spain), Aug 15 (EFE).- (Camera: Alba Feixas) The Spanish Civil Guard transferred on Saturday night to the Motril Port nine migrants who had arrived irregularly at the La Rábita beach. FOOTAGE OF THE MIGRANTS
Brussels, Jul 9 (EFE) .- The president of Huawei, Liang Hua, said in a telematic interview with EFE that he hopes that the semiconductor industry "can return to normality", given the global crisis that the sector is suffering largely due to chip shortages during the pandemic and hitting tech companies squarely.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES FROM THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT OF HUAWEI, LIANG HUA.TRANSLATION "Huawei wants to contribute to the green transition plan that Europe has just launched.""Since the United States has announced several rounds of sanctions against our company, our smartphone business has been greatly affected." "Because trust has been damaged in the semiconductor industry, different regions and countries are planning to make these chips. We have seen the plans announced by Europe and we have also seen similar movements from Korea, Japan and also China. With these plans we can expect that production capacity will increase in the future. " "We have seen that Europe plans to develop the semiconductor industry. We hope that Europe can continue to advance its own semiconductor plan." "As we know, the semiconductor industry flourished and innovated thanks to the cooperation between companies in this sector. We hope that in the future the semiconductor industry can return to normal and that trust between companies will be rebuilt based on open cooperation "."Huawei expects to see open, liberal and inclusive policies in place in Europe. If we operate under these policies we will continue to provide good services for our European customers and partners." "It is the countries that will have to decide which provider they want to use for the 5G network. So far there are a few countries that have chosen Huawei as a provider for their 5G network. For customers who have chosen us, we will do our best to offer them better services, so that telecom customers can provide equally good services to end users. Huawei would like to help European customers achieve better communication networks as well as promote digital transformation. " "Spain is one of our most important markets in Europe. Despite the pandemic, we were able to show our products at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in June."