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If the media celebrate an immigrant who does something wonderful, he or she may be offered a fast track to citizenship. Those who do good out of the limelight do not enjoy such preferential treatment.
Hungary’s Prime Minister is on the warpath against refugees. Most asylum seekers are turned away at the country’s borders, and those already in Hungary are to be confined to container settlements.
18 years after the Northern Ireland conflict largely ended, Catholics and Protestants in Belfast remain divided by walls and fences. The Northern Irish government has proposed a plan for dismantling the barriers – although not with universal support.
Poland holds the European record in the number of gated communities. High earners live there, sealed off from the rest of the population and closely guarded, supposedly to protect themselves from criminals.
Ukraine's border with Russia is about 2000 kilometers long. It had long been a green no-man's land, but now the Ukrainian military has been installing defensive systems of steel and concrete. The "Project Wall" is due to be completed in 2018.
There's no shortage of activity down by the old city walls of Istanbul. They've become home to everything from vegetable plots and storage facilities for kiosks, while a garbage collector has set up a home in an old Byzantine-era palace.
For years a 9-meter-high monument in Paris by Jewish sculptor Clara Halter has been the subject of dispute. On the Mur pour la Paix, the word "peace" is written in 49 languages. Local residents and the district mayor want it dismantled.
Finland's government has given the go-ahead for construction of the world's first final repository for high-level waste on the Olkiluoto Peninsula. Nearly 6500 metric tons are to be stored deep underground. Critics are warning of the dangers.
Hopes are growing in Cyprus for the reunification of the island. The Turkish north and Greek south have returned to the negotiating table, giving locals renewed belief in the overcoming of borders and fences – after decades of separation.
