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On a trip to Calais, French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin calls for a "very tough, coordinated, international response" after the death of at least 31 migrants in the Channel and called on other European countries concerned to fight against smugglers "like we fight against terrorists". SOUNDBITE
The European Union's border agency says the number of illegal migrants entering Europe has fallen since April. Nathan Frandino reports.
A makeshift migrant camp looks nearly empty in Mexico's Matamoros, at the border with Brownsville, Texas, where Democrat US President Joe Biden is expected to meet border patrol and other law enforcement agents. Also heading to the border is Republican former president Donald Trump, who will be about 300 miles (480 kilometers) to the west in Eagle Pass. The Texas showdown comes at a time when record numbers of migrant crossings into the United States are posing a threat to Biden's chances of preventing a Trump comeback in November's presidential election. IMAGES
An Israeli Merkava battle tank stationed in Israel's southern city of Sderot drives near the border with the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Israeli Merkava battle tanks are deployed in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon. Hamas launched a salvo of rockets from south Lebanon towards Israel Tuesday, prompting Israeli attacks on Hezbollah positions, in the third consecutive day of cross-border tensions. IMAGES
Images of the Port of Dover in southeast England after six Afghan men died on Saturday 12 August when a boat carrying around sixty migrants sank in an attempt to reach the UK, according to French officials. Three French ships, a helicopter and a plane were mobilised to search the area off Sangatte in northern France for survivors, along with two British ships. IMAGES