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Now playing Next Europe News 'Historic day': EU strikes major deal to reform migration policy Member states and the European Parliament struck on Wednesday a major deal to reform the bloc's migration policy, capping off a three-year-long ambitious effort that at times seemed doomed to fail. 20/12/2023
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