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Pope Francis begins his visit to the Mavrovouni migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos where he is expected to highlight refugee issues and call for their integration in Europe in the face of anti-migrant sentiment. IMAGES
Pope Francis arrives to the Mavrovouni migrant camp on Lesbos island, where he is expected to plead for better treatment of refugees as attitudes towards migrants harden across Europe. IMAGES
The EU's home affairs commissioner says she is "extremely concerned" by reports of illegal, sometimes violent, migrant pushbacks at the bloc's borders, particularly in Greece in Croatia where she called for probes. SOUNDBITE
Irun, Aug 9 (EFE).- Hundreds of people gathered on Monday in the Gipuzkoa municipality of Irun, northern Spain, to mourn the death of a migrant who drowned while trying to cross the Bidasoa river into France.The demonstrators also called for immigration policies that could end such tragedies.The waters of the Bidasoa River, which acts as the natural border between Spain and France, claimed the life of another migrant who was trying to access French territory this Sunday. (Camera: EFE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO EXPRESS THEIR SOLIDARITY AFTER A MIGRANT DIE WHILE TRYING TO CROSS THE BIDASOA RIVER INTO FRANCE, IN IRUN, IN THE PROVINCE OF GIPUZKOA IN THE BASQUE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY, SPAIN.
The European Commission has approved Greece's recovery plan, which will be financed by the bloc's multi-billion-euro coronavirus rescue fund to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces in Athens. Von der Leyen says "there is no doubt that it will deeply transform Greece's economy which will embrace the twin green and digital transition." SOUNDBITE
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