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The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted sweeping reforms of the European Union’s migration and asylum laws, intended to strengthen borders and make the bloc’s 27 member states share responsibility. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the reforms will “secure European borders” while “ensuring the protection of the fundamental rights” of migrants. Several of the 10 legal texts approved on Wednesday passed only by narrow margins, with opposition to the reforms coming from both the right and the left. For example, a crisis mechanism designed to deal with sudden influxes of…

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