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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Mali was a conflict zone, so he moved on to Algeria, but he lacked a work permit, and employers would underpay him or fail to pay him altogether. He eventually found work for someone Jacob describes as “connected to traffickers.”. One friend died after a fall—or being thrown—from a police station’s upper floor in Algeria, he says.

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Europe moves forward on the Energy Union; transport key element

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The European Commission has adopted the European Energy Union package —a framework strategy for a resilient energy union with a forward-looking climate change policy. The climate and energy framework for 2030 agreed to at the October European Council now needs to be implemented. —Energy Union Framework Document.