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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tells the House of Commons he has "absolute conviction" in his government's plan to send migrants to Rwanda ahead of a vote in parliament on the bill which has exposed schisms in his ruling Conservative party. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, if passed, will compel judges to treat Rwanda as a safe third country and proposes giving UK ministers powers to disregard sections of international and British human rights legislation. SOUNDBITE
European interior ministers gather for crisis talks in Brussels called by Paris as an ugly row between France and Italy over how to handle would-be refugees forces EU migration reform back onto their agenda. New arrival numbers haven't yet hit the levels of 2015 and 2016, but European capitals are concerned about new pressure on sea routes from North Africa and overland through the western Balkans. IMAGES
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
The EU commissioner for home affairs, Ylva Johansson, urges Morocco to "prevent irregular departures" of migrants after some 6,000 entered Spain's Ceuta enclave from the North African country. SOUNDBITE
"We are on the verge of the abyss," says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he briefs reporters at the United Nations in New York on rising temperatures and the state of global climate in 2020. SOUNDBITE
EU heads of state meet by videoconference, under the leadership of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, for a European summit on the economic rescue plan. IMAGES
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