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"The Home Office has rejected the UK Parliament Human Rights Committee’s recommendation to introduce a time limit on immigration detention,.."
"A demonstration was held in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia on Wednesday at the memorial of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos,.."
"Europe’s top court ruled Monday (30 July) that companies that embed Facebook’s “Like” button on their websites must seek users’ consent to transfer their personal data to the US social network, in line with the bloc’s data privacy laws. (....)"
"Italy allowed 116 rescued migrants to disembark from a coastguard ship Wednesday (31 July).."
"Memorials to people who have died and to those missing during migration - Reflections on the first WUN-funded workshop By Martin Preston, University of Bristol:.."
Extending the scope of PNR to sea and rail traffic.
"After a horrific two-year ordeal across three countries - being bought and sold by people traffickers and surviving running out of fuel on an inflatable boat while trying to cross the Mediterranean - Mohamed finally gave up hope..."
"The European Commission has received a record number of requests to publish documents, according to statistics released this week..."
"Disaster reporting plays to set ideas about people from ‘"over there’"
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