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European Union countries agree on plan to reform migration rules

Life jackets are stored aboard the Aurora rescue ship of German NGO Sea-Watch, which operates in the Mediterranean Sea to rescue migrants, in the port of the small island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily, on September 25, 2023. © AFP / TIZIANA FABI

EU member states on Wednesday agreed to the final part of an overhaul for rules on how they handle asylum seekers and irregular migrants, setting up a push to make it law by elections next year. But not all are happy.

Ambassadors from the 27 countries struck the deal after Italy and Germany ironed out a last-minute row over charities rescuing migrants stranded in the Mediterranean.

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