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By Land or By Sea

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Migrants leave a train at a railway station on the Tabanovce border crossing between Macedonia and Serbia, on July 1, 2015, on her way north to European countries. Peter Sutherland, the UN Secretary General's special representative on international migration, bemoaned on June 26th the EU leaders' failure to approve a plan to share a total of 60,000 would-be refugees, mainly from Syria and Eritrea, across the 28-nation bloc. More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year, most of them landing in Italy, Greece and Malta who say their EU partners should share more of the burden. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF (Photo credit should read DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)
Migrants leave a train at a railway station on the Tabanovce border crossing between Macedonia and Serbia, on July 1, 2015, on her way north to European countries. Peter Sutherland, the UN Secretary General's special representative on international migration, bemoaned on June 26th the EU leaders' failure to approve a plan to share a total of 60,000 would-be refugees, mainly from Syria and Eritrea, across the 28-nation bloc. More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year, most of them landing in Italy, Greece and Malta who say their EU partners should share more of the burden. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF (Photo credit should read DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN FRENCH BY NICOLAS CHEVIRON - Archaeologists use wheel barrows in a massive archaeological dig in Istanbul, on April 21, 2008. Archaeologists have exhumed in the ancient port of Byzantin 31 seagoing vessles that constitute, according to the researchers, the larget medieval fleet ever unearthed. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN FRENCH BY NICOLAS CHEVIRON - Archaeologists use wheel barrows in a massive archaeological dig in Istanbul, on April 21, 2008. Archaeologists have exhumed in the ancient port of Byzantin 31 seagoing vessles that constitute, according to the researchers, the larget medieval fleet ever unearthed. AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

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during day one of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 22, 2015 in Beijing, China.
during day one of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 22, 2015 in Beijing, China.

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DUMA,WEST BANK - JULY 31: Family members and relatives of 18 month old baby, Ali Saad-Dawabsheh, view the remains of their house after a fire which was suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists on July 31, 2015 in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank. A house fire in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank, suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists, killed an 18-month-old Palestinian child, injured both parents and a four year old brother. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Getty Images)
DUMA,WEST BANK - JULY 31: Family members and relatives of 18 month old baby, Ali Saad-Dawabsheh, view the remains of their house after a fire which was suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists on July 31, 2015 in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank. A house fire in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank, suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists, killed an 18-month-old Palestinian child, injured both parents and a four year old brother. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Getty Images)

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Migrants arrive on the shore of Kos island on a small dinghy on August 19, 2015. Authorities on the island of Kos have been so overwhelmed that the government sent a ferry to serve as a temporary centre to issue travel documents to Syrian refugees -- among some 7,000 migrants stranded on the island of about 30,000 people. The UN refugee agency said in the last week alone, 20,843 migrants -- virtually all of them fleeing war and persecution in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq -- arrived in Greece, which has seen around 160,000 migrants land on its shores since January, according to the UN refugee agency. AFP PHOTO / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Migrants arrive on the shore of Kos island on a small dinghy on August 19, 2015. Authorities on the island of Kos have been so overwhelmed that the government sent a ferry to serve as a temporary centre to issue travel documents to Syrian refugees -- among some 7,000 migrants stranded on the island of about 30,000 people. The UN refugee agency said in the last week alone, 20,843 migrants -- virtually all of them fleeing war and persecution in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq -- arrived in Greece, which has seen around 160,000 migrants land on its shores since January, according to the UN refugee agency. AFP PHOTO / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

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A policeman (2nd-R) pushes a migrant as hundreds wait to complete a registration procedure by the police at a stadium on the Greek island of Kos on August 12, 2015. Tensions on the tourist island are high with its mayor claiming there were 7,000 migrants stranded on Kos, which has a population of only 30,000 people. A Kos police officer was suspended on August 10 after being filmed slapping and shoving migrants queueing outside the local police station as they waited to be documented so they could go on to Athens. The UN refugee agency's division for Europe said 124,000 refugees and migrants have landed in Greece since the beginning of the year. AFP PHOTO / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
A policeman (2nd-R) pushes a migrant as hundreds wait to complete a registration procedure by the police at a stadium on the Greek island of Kos on August 12, 2015. Tensions on the tourist island are high with its mayor claiming there were 7,000 migrants stranded on Kos, which has a population of only 30,000 people. A Kos police officer was suspended on August 10 after being filmed slapping and shoving migrants queueing outside the local police station as they waited to be documented so they could go on to Athens. The UN refugee agency's division for Europe said 124,000 refugees and migrants have landed in Greece since the beginning of the year. AFP PHOTO / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - AUGUST 05: Orthodox Israelis play in a water fountain on August 5, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. People flocked to Israel's beaches as the country sweltered in a heatwave. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - AUGUST 05: Orthodox Israelis play in a water fountain on August 5, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. People flocked to Israel's beaches as the country sweltered in a heatwave. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

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MINAMISOMA, JAPAN - JULY 25: Samurai horsemen compete in the Kacchu-keiba (armed horse race) during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 25, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan. Every summer the people of Fukushima prefecture have gathered to honor the ancient traditions of the Samurai at the Soma Nomaoi festival. The festival started as a military exercise more than 1000 years ago by Taira no Kojiro Masakado the founder of the Soma Clan. The three-day Shinto festival sees more than 500 horsemen recreate ancient battle scenes from the Edo Period (1603-1869). Soma city, Minamisoma and the surrounding towns of Fukushima prefecture, famous for their samurai and horse breeding traditions were heavily affected by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and Tsunami and the following nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. Minamisoma sits just 25 kilometers north of the nuclear power plant and residents were forced to evacuate as much of the city fell in the radiation exclusion zone. In April 2012, residents of Minamisoma were able to return to their homes after the exclusion zone was moved to 10 kilometers. The tradition of the Soma Nomaoi is extremely important to the local community, and despite the ongoing clean up operations and many of the participants losing their homes, horses and belongings, including their armor, weapons and ceremonial clothing, the festival has never been cancelled, although some events were postponed in 2011 the festival was held at full scale again in 2012 and since then has gained in momentum with local residents keen to pass on the traditions to younger generations. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
MINAMISOMA, JAPAN - JULY 25: Samurai horsemen compete in the Kacchu-keiba (armed horse race) during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field on July 25, 2015 in Minamisoma, Japan. Every summer the people of Fukushima prefecture have gathered to honor the ancient traditions of the Samurai at the Soma Nomaoi festival. The festival started as a military exercise more than 1000 years ago by Taira no Kojiro Masakado the founder of the Soma Clan. The three-day Shinto festival sees more than 500 horsemen recreate ancient battle scenes from the Edo Period (1603-1869). Soma city, Minamisoma and the surrounding towns of Fukushima prefecture, famous for their samurai and horse breeding traditions were heavily affected by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and Tsunami and the following nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. Minamisoma sits just 25 kilometers north of the nuclear power plant and residents were forced to evacuate as much of the city fell in the radiation exclusion zone. In April 2012, residents of Minamisoma were able to return to their homes after the exclusion zone was moved to 10 kilometers. The tradition of the Soma Nomaoi is extremely important to the local community, and despite the ongoing clean up operations and many of the participants losing their homes, horses and belongings, including their armor, weapons and ceremonial clothing, the festival has never been cancelled, although some events were postponed in 2011 the festival was held at full scale again in 2012 and since then has gained in momentum with local residents keen to pass on the traditions to younger generations. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IRAN-PRISON-RIGHTS BY STUART WILLIAMS (FILES)An Iranian inmate peers from behind a wall as a guard walks by at the female section of the infamous Evin jail, 13 June 2006. From the road it is easy to miss. A small outhouse and a sign saying "Evin House of Detention" give no hint of the huge complex of guard towers and cells that lies behind. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY IRAN-PRISON-RIGHTS BY STUART WILLIAMS (FILES)An Iranian inmate peers from behind a wall as a guard walks by at the female section of the infamous Evin jail, 13 June 2006. From the road it is easy to miss. A small outhouse and a sign saying "Evin House of Detention" give no hint of the huge complex of guard towers and cells that lies behind. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Bakau, GAMBIA: Election officials set up marbles on a board to count the votes after the presidential elections in Bakau early 22 September 2006. Early results today showed Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a coup 12 years ago, was on track to win a third term as president of mainland Africa's smallest country. Jammeh has won in 12 of the 48 voting regions to have reported provisional results from yesterday's presidential election, according to the results released by the commission over national television and radio.AFP PHOTO SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
Bakau, GAMBIA: Election officials set up marbles on a board to count the votes after the presidential elections in Bakau early 22 September 2006. Early results today showed Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a coup 12 years ago, was on track to win a third term as president of mainland Africa's smallest country. Jammeh has won in 12 of the 48 voting regions to have reported provisional results from yesterday's presidential election, according to the results released by the commission over national television and radio.AFP PHOTO SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)

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