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-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2020 --nnA woman carries a child past flames after a major fire broke out in the Moria migrants camp on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos, on September 9, 2020. - Thousands of asylum seekers were left homeless on on September 9 after a fire gutted Greece's largest migrant camp on Lesbos, plunging the island into crisis and provoking an outpouring of sympathy from around Europe and calls for reform of the refugee system. The blaze, which began hours after 35 people tested positive for coronavirus at the Moria camp, sent thousands fleeing for safety into surrounding olive groves -- but nobody was seriously hurt. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP)

Migrants who fled Greek camp blaze face harsh winter
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2,000 migrants cleared from Paris camp amid COVID fears
Egyptian Rawya Abdalla shows a phone picture of her relatives, who are among 17 Egyptians that went missing in Libya while trying to get to Europe, during an interview at the Dahmasha village in the Sharkia governorate, 60Km northeast of the capital, on September 23, 2020. - Thousands of desperate migrants bound for Europe have perished in the Mediterranean Sea. In one impoverished Egyptian town, families fear that 15 of their sons are among the dead. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Egypt town fears worst for men lost en route to Europe
A migrant woman and children react after police threw tear gas during clashes near the city Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 12, 2020, a few days after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp. - Police on the Greek island of Lesbos fired tear gas at migrants on September 12 who threw stones during a protest to demand shelter after the local camp of Moria burned down, an AFP photographer said. (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP)

Desperate, stranded migrants seek shelter as Europe weighs options
Rohingya migrants look on following their arrival by boat in Lhokseumawe, Aceh on September 7, 2020. - Nearly 300 Rohingya migrants came ashore on Indonesia's Sumatra island early on September 7, authorities said, in what is believed to be the biggest landing of the persecuted Myanmar minority in years. (Photo by Rahmat Mirza / AFP)

300 Rohingya migrants reach Indonesia 'after seven months at sea'
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 26, 2019, a rescue diver stands on the shores of Lake Van after a boat carrying refugees and migrants sank in eastern Turkey as seven migrants were killed after their boat sank in Lake Van in eastern Turkey. - Europe in 2015 suffered its worst refugee crisis since World War II, when over one million people fled to the continent. (Photo by - / DHA / AFP) / Turkey OUT

In Turkey, lake turns into graveyard for migrants
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‘Milking their misery’: Indian migrants pay for quarantine
Gravediggers at a cemetery near the coastal city of Sfax, wear protective outfits as they carry out the burial of one of the 52 African migrants, who died at sea when their boat capsized near Tunisia's Kerkennah islands, on June 15, 2020. - The identity of dozens of migrants who drowned off Tunisia last month might have been lost without a trace, like thousands of others who have disappeared on the treacherous sea route to Europe.nBut when authorities recovered 61 bodies near the eastern port city of Sfax, they carefully took note of any details that could one day help lead to their identification. (Photo by Hamdi ZAGHDANE / AFP)

Identifying migrants who died at sea 'meticulous work for Tunisia'
Passengers speak to a worker wearing a protective face mask and gloves as they check in for a flight at Penang International Airport as AirAsia resumed domestic flights in Malaysia, in Penang on April 29, 2020, after the airline's operations were curtailed due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by GOH CHAI HIN / AFP)

Malaysia authorities round up migrants to contain COVID-19
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