The boarding and disembarkation process was very smooth and fast.
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The Azamara Pursuit is now working on a disembarkation plan.
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More controversially, they will "explore the concept" of "regional disembarkation platforms".
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Disembarkation of all passengers was completed around 0700 am (0400 GMT).
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Disembarkation sparks concerns Japan's efforts to institute quarantine measures aboard the Diamond Princess may have slowed transmission on land, but the disembarkation has sparked wider concerns, with some pointing to a potential breach of public safety.
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"Thailand is closed and cannot be used for disembarkation," Lewa told Reuters.
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Once aboard Rotterdam, all guests will continue to remain in their staterooms until disembarkation.
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Holland America Line, which is owned by Carnival, changed the disembarkation port for its Feb.
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The UNHCR urged European countries to ensure a predictable, regional approach for rescues and disembarkation.
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Disembarkation points should not be located in Libya due to insecurity and lawlessness, the agencies said.
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It specifies the date of disembarkation and tallies the number of passengers versus the number of survivors.
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" In a statement about the disembarkation of passengers, Princess Cruises said it will be a "multiple day process.
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Cruise Lines International Association said at least 14 ocean-going ships worldwide are completing journeys or awaiting disembarkation.
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Passengers were nearly told to embark in Punta Arenas, Chile, before the country's health officials blocked the disembarkation.
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When not enough travellers were tempted, rather than raising the price further, the crew selected four travellers for disembarkation.
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However, the agency insists it does not engage in the transfer of refugees from disembarkation points to detention centers.
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The company aims to use it in guest orientation areas to offer information on daily activities, entertainment, embarkation and disembarkation.
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At the time of writing, nine hours after disembarkation, his video had been retweeted an incredible 556,000 times on Twitter.
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Neymar, regarded as one of the most talented players on the Brazilian side, was not seen in the disembarkation area.
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When the cruise ship arrives, state and federal officials will coordinate a disembarkation process that could take days, KCRA reported.
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The disembarkation of passengers from the ship will continue at least through Saturday, a spokesperson for Princess Cruises told CNN.
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The leaders like the principle of disembarkation camps, although it is not clear where and under whose jurisdiction they should be.
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His attempt at a novel disembarkation ended when he saw that there were no stairs leading down from the breached exit.
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The leaders will discuss the establishment of Orwellian-sounding "regional disembarkation platforms," in an effort to prevent people from reaching Europe.
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With each disembarkation, public opinion was hardening against migrants, and the political appetite for accountability for their constant arrivals was growing.
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"It's anticipated that the majority of the regional disembarkation points as they are so called will be in Europe," he said.
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To add to its already-impressive lexicon, the migration debate has lately thrown up "control centres", "regional disembarkation platforms" and "transit centres".
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One thing EU leaders have agreed is to look at setting up "disembarkation platforms" to handle those rescued from the dangerous crossing.
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"I will not authorize (their disembarkation)," Salvini told a news conference following a meeting of European Union interior ministers in Innsbruck, Austria.
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"Malta should allow the immediate disembarkation of women and children and send them to Italy," Di Maio wrote on Facebook on Friday.
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Now, it will dock in Chile just to refuel so the cruise ship can sail to San Diego and begin disembarkation there.
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French television covered the team's every move on Monday, from its ride to an airport in Moscow to its disembarkation in Paris.
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Disembarkation began Wednesday, and there are now only a few people aboard the ship who are still awaiting clearance, according to CNN.
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Ice build-up on the walkways slowed the disembarkation process, leaving Leffak and her family waiting with everyone else in a long line.
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This would come on top of so-called "disembarkation platforms" outside the EU where asylum requests could be assessed before claimants reach Europe.
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Libya is one of the countries where the EU is considering setting up its "disembarkation platforms," along with Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Niger and Tunisia.
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Princess Cruises is working with the local, state, and federal government and agencies to coordinate the disembarkation and repatriation of the remaining crew members.
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The morning of disembarkation day in Amsterdam was bittersweet — it was full of goodbyes but also exciting chatter about plans to meet up later.
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Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said Thursday that the bloc wants to open "regional disembarkation platforms" in countries like Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Niger and Tunisia.
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It has also proposed looking into creating "regional disembarkation platforms" outside of the EU where asylum requests would be assessed before claimants get to Europe.
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The offer to leave comes as operator Princess Cruises warned passengers that disembarkation could take several days, beyond the official end of their quarantine period.
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The company added it is following guidance from Japan's health ministry on plans for disembarkation protocols to provide medical care for the newly reported cases.
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The U.N. has called for a regional approach for the rescue and disembarkation of people in distress in the Mediterranean, with a focus on saving lives.
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They also claimed that they had told the truth to the Frontex agents, at disembarkation, but I was skeptical; Palanebiolo was supposed to house only adults.
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The disembarkation will happen over several consecutive days, the operator said, as people need certificates indicating they tested negative for the virus before they can leave.
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In parallel, the Commission presented a proposal for "regional disembarkation platforms" that would likely be located outside of the European Union to process migrants rescued at sea.
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The UNHCR also called for action to hold smugglers and traffickers accountable after receiving "reliable reports" that they impersonate UNHCR staff at disembarkation platforms and migrant hubs.
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Its docking was repeatedly denied after a rumor spread that an 83-year-old American woman on board had coronavirus, prompting the cruise line to halt disembarkation.
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Carnival Fascination was also denied disembarkation at Puerto Rico until all passengers had met the "health clearance requirements", the captain of the ship announced on March 15.
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According to a release from Holland America Line, the ship's operator, Cambodian authorities have granted clearance to Westerdam to begin disembarkation of guests the morning of Feb.
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Princess Cruises told NBC News it was continuing to follow guidance from Japan's Health Ministry regarding plans for disembarkation protocols to provide medical care for these new cases.
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They also clarified that "all passengers were screened by local health authorities prior to disembarkation" and that three passengers and seven crew members were receiving additional medical care.
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This requires a new approach based on shared or complementary actions among the Member States to the disembarkation of those who are saved in Search And Rescue operations.
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Next week, EU leaders will also agree to look into opening "disembarkation platforms" in regions such as north Africa to decide asylum requests before people get to Europe.
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Costa Cruises said that it would be contacting the French authorities to report the health situation onboard and that any special rules for disembarkation would be "strictly" followed.
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Prior to docking in our last country before disembarkation, some of my friends came up with an amazing idea to shoot a video showing off our beautiful ship.
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Between the evacuations earlier and the disembarkation on Wednesday, it appears there are now fewer than 1,100 passengers on board the Diamond Princess, and perhaps 1,000 crew members.
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The floor is low to the ground to similarly accommodate easy onboarding and disembarkation, and that same floor houses the battery and drivetrain that make the vehicle go.
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On the agenda was a proposal to establish "disembarkation platforms" outside the EU that would process the claims of migrants rescued or intercepted at sea before reaching the bloc.
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Last week Malta allowed the disembarkation of 356 migrants carried by the rescue vessel Ocean Viking after six European Union countries agreed to share the asylum seekers among them.
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He said Oakland had been chosen for the cruise ship's disembarkation because it was logistically convenient, near the Oakland airport, where foreign passengers will depart on charter flights home.
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Sitting on the Atlantic coast of Patagonia, the village was once a disembarkation point for 19th century German migrants, before becoming a weapons-testing site during the Cold War.
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All passengers were screened by the local health authorities prior to disembarkation, and three passengers and seven crew members were transferred to the hospital for further medical care and evaluation.
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The NGO Sea Eye, which operates the rescue ship Alan Kurdi, called on Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to respect international law and order the immediate disembarkation of the migrants.
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Its peers across the Pacific were some of the first to adopt strict containment measures, including suspending air travel, denying disembarkation of cruise ships, and refusing access to supply vessels.
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While cases have spiked alarmingly in Japan -- to over 900 -- most still remain centered around the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which began disembarkation last week after a 14-day quarantine.
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The proposals that do still emerge are either irrelevant (10,000 more European Union border guards), undeliverable ("regional disembarkation platforms" in Africa) or empty slogans ("controlled centers" within the E.U.'s borders).
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"Reliable sources and refugees have reported criminals using vests and other items with logos similar to that of UNHCR, at disembarkation points and smuggling hubs," the UNHCR said in a statement.
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"Malta agreed to be part of a European solution to solve the impasse by offering disembarkation after NGO Sea-Eye...dropped the judicial protest filed against Malta," it said in a statement.
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Around 150 cases have been confirmed in Japan, in addition to the almost 700 cases confirmed on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which began disembarkation last week after 14-days of quarantine.
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"We are following guidance from the Japan Ministry of Health on plans for disembarkation protocols to provide medical care for these new cases," the spokesperson said in a statement Wednesday, according to ABC.
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A crew member said on Tuesday that 65 people with newly diagnosed cases of the coronavirus were getting off the ship and that officials were "prioritizing cases for disembarkation based on immediate need."
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Read: How to stop the slave trade This is a start but needs to be properly implemented at the disembarkation points, where the coast guard operates, and then rolled out across the country.
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Doyle said he believed that most of the "disembarkation centers" planned by the EU would be in Europe, though he said it was up to the EU to determine which countries would host them.
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Draft summit conclusions suggest they will work to support the creation of "regional disembarkation platforms," although it's still unclear what such a mechanism would look like — and may not become clear for some time.
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"We will support Italy in discussions on regional cooperation on disembarkation," a migration spokeswoman for the European Commission told a briefing, adding the bloc's migration ministers would tackle the matter next week in Tallinn.
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Six passengers and 132 crew members aboard the ship were Indian nationals and the embassy said it was working with local authorities over potentially early disembarkation for those who tested negative for the virus.
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While details about the EU's possible "disembarkation platforms" are still not known, the United Nations refugee agency already operates a "transit center" in Niger where asylum seekers can request resettlement in Europe or elsewhere.
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Still, Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, has said his country would no longer be the main point of disembarkation for people trying to cross the Mediterranean by boat and rescued by Sophia's patrol ships.
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In that context, the European Council calls on the Council and the Commission to swiftly explore the concept of regional disembarkation platforms, in close cooperation with relevant third countries as well as UNHCR and IOM.
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In June, a summit of all EU leaders asked the Commission to study ways to set up "regional disembarkation platforms" in North African countries, including Tunisia, for migrants rescued by European vessels in the Mediterranean.
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"I was stopped by this ship and I thought I would be sent to Malta or Italy," Mohamed, a 19-year-old from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, told Reuters by phone before the disembarkation started.
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One new idea is for "regional disembarkation platforms" where the EU would take in people saved from boats crossing the Mediterranean, assess their asylum requests and hold those whose applications fail before they are sent back.
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Malta replied that Salvini had failed to say that Italy had agreed to take in 50 from Malta from a separate disembarkation, and the two countries had agreed to call it even and keep the respective contingents.
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Guests on both ships will remain in their staterooms until disembarkation, and all necessary precautionary measures are being taken on both ships that have been developed in conjunction with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The United Nations agencies for migration and refugees will present the European Union with a plan for "regional disembarkation platforms" around the Mediterranean where the bloc could hold migrants and decide whether to admit them.
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"It's no longer possible that Italy be the only port of disembarkation and that it take in all the migrants rescued at sea," Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta said in Vienna after the meeting with her 27 counterparts.
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Princess Cruises, the ship's cruise line, will follow "guidance from the Japan Ministry of Health on plans for disembarkation protocols to provide medical care for these new cases," said Negin Kamali, the cruise line's director of public relations.
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But Operation Sophia has become the victim of an anti-migrant backlash in Europe and of quarrels about the regulations governing disembarkation and asylum within the EU. Most people rescued in the Mediterranean have been brought ashore in Italy.
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The leaders will seek a migration deal with Morocco and look into setting up "regional disembarkation platforms" outside of the EU where the bloc would assess asylum claims and hold those whose requests fail before they are sent back.
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The Grand Princess cruise ship that had 2,422 passengers onboard docked and began disembarkation on March 9 in Oakland after at least 21 out of 46 coronavirus tests administered onboard came back positive for COVID-19, USA Today reported.
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Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said Italy will take a "hard line" to withhold EU funds at a meeting with the Commission and envoys from a dozen member states in Brussels to discuss disembarkation from the ship Diciotti.
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"We have started to make history, but it all depends on the support of all or most of the other EU countries in accepting to participate in the disembarkation and distribution of migrants," said Maltese Interior Minister Michael Farrugia.
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At the June 28-29 summit, EU leaders will agree to look into setting up "regional disembarkation platforms" to decide on asylum requests before the claimants actually get to Europe, a draft statement of the leaders' summit next week showed.
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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European Union leaders meeting over migration later this week will agree to further tighten their external borders, give more support to Libya and look at creating "disembarkation" centres outside of their territory for people who arrive by sea.
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The leaders also agreed to toughen up external border controls, boost efforts to combat people smugglers operating out of Libya and elsewhere, and explore the possibility of "regional disembarkation platforms" to process migrant claims outside the EU, potentially in North Africa.
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Once you factor in the commute to the airport (in my case, one hour), suggested arrival at least an hour before takeoff, runway taxiing at touchdown, disembarkation and traveling to your destination (often an hour), flying takes about 255 minutes.
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In June 2018, the EU implemented a new disembarkation policy, under which Libya became the processing hub for African refugees and asylum seekers' including those from Congo, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon, who had been apprehended while attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
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Later that year, upon landing in the city of Sanya, on Chnia's resort island of Hainan from Xi'an, a fidgety passenger unwilling to suffer through the excruciating disembarkation process went ahead and opened the emergency exit door, engaging the aircraft's inflatable slide.
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With the continuous flow of refugees desperate to cross from Africa to Europe, the Commission said it was seeking recipient states for the migrants on board a second charity ship, the Norwegian-flagged Ocean Viking, whose disembarkation Salvini had also sought to prevent.
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A notice on the cruise's website says that authorities would allow some passengers "voluntary disembarkation of guests to complete their quarantine period at a shoreside facility," prioritizing older and more medically vulnerable passengers before the rest would be released on February 19.
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"Greece has allowed disembarkation (of rescued migrants) in its ports," said an EU diplomat involved in the negotiations, adding that other EU governments agreed to help cover the harbor costs of bringing those rescued on shore to avoid more financial pressure on Athens.
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LA VALLETTA (Reuters) - A group of 265 migrants were brought to Malta on Saturday, including 36 from the rescue ship Ocean Viking, but the operators of the ship complained that more than 180 other migrants on board had been refused disembarkation by the island.
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Pressure from Italy and Germany has helped prompt the EU to agree next week to look into creating disembarkation platforms in north Africa and elsewhere to decide asylum requests before claimants get to Europe, according to a draft statement ahead of an EU summit.
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Migration policies that make sense and command diplomatic support in the abstract—the centralised border force, pre-screening at "disembarkation platforms" in third countries outside the EU, processing centres within Europe and national quotas for the admission of valid asylum-seekers—all run up against national reluctance.
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Mr. Tusk said in his letter that he wanted the leaders to endorse the establishment of "regional disembarkation platforms outside Europe" for migrants and refugees, a controversial effort to keep people from coming to the Continent before they are screened to see whether they qualify for asylum.
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In his invitation letter to EU leaders for their summit this Thursday and Friday, Tusk said he wanted them to endorse setting up "regional disembarkation platforms outside Europe" for migrants and refugees and setting aside money specifically for combating illegal migration in the bloc's next seven-year budget from 2021.
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One of which is a large-scale disembarkation of the sea troops on BTR-82A's from two large landing ships on water Initially, the training took place at the water course of the Gornostai range, and since today – in the Bay of Novik off the coast of the Russkiy island.
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The rise of Nigeria as a cocaine smuggling hub has been quick, and has largely come about with the help of the Nigerian diaspora in Brazil, a country that in the last two years has leapfrogged Colombia and Venezuela to become the world's most prolific disembarkation point for cocaine into Europe.
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It's the final day of this seven-night cruise and I am sitting in my moderately messy balcony stateroom aboard the Celebrity Summit finishing the last bites of a room service cheeseburger, bags as yet unpacked for tomorrow morning's disembarkation, the vast undulating North Atlantic just over my starboard shoulder.
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"(EU member states) have adopted laws, policies and practices which have often been contrary to their legal obligations to ensure effective search and rescue operations, the prompt and safe disembarkation and treatment of rescued people, and the prevention of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment," the rights watchdog said in a report on Tuesday.
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The Libyan coast guard has brought more than 8,000 people to disembarkation points along the coast this year, it said Only five people survived the capsizing of a boat carrying 100 people on Tuesday, while the same day a rubber craft with 130 passengers sank, leading to 70 people drowning, UNHCR said.
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The brilliance of this turn is that it allows Coetzee to create a kind of fusion genre blending the energy of philosophical dialogue, the warmth and unprogrammed humor of father-son repartee, the emotional potency of a family romance and finally the uncanny suggestion of allegory (womb as ship, birth as disembarkation).
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"I think now given that there is a confirmed case that is suspected to have acquired infection on board the ship, the other passengers should be asked to quarantine themselves at home and alert health authorities if they develop fever or respiratory symptoms within the 14 days since disembarkation," professor Benjamin Cowling from the School of Public Health at Hong Kong University told the AP. Thailand, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines had previously turned the ship away before it was allowed to dock in Cambodia, whose prime minister, Hun Sen, has also refused to ban direct flights to China amid the outbreak for fear of damaging the national economy and Cambodian relations with Beijing.
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