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A labyrinth of competing interests behind Europe's migration battle

It is a fight that spans the continent and has entangled international organizations, border security forces and a host of others in a murky web of politics and international law.

Migrants on a boat crossing the Mediterranean Sea from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016 (AN/callmonikm)

BRUSSELS (AN) – Battle lines have started to form as European lawmakers prepare for a fight over how to reform the continent's troubled asylum and migration systems.

With hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and migrants reaching Europe's borders each year, the fight over the European Union's migration policy has entangled international organizations, border security forces and a host of others in a murky web of competing interests, national politics and international law.

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