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| - On September 2, 2015, the lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi was discovered washed ashore on a Turkish beach. The Syrian toddler's drowning became a grim and shocking symbol of Europe's migrant crisis, as people from the Middle East, Africa and Asia attempted perilous journeys to flee conflict and poverty, and European governments scrambled over how to respond to the massive influx. Five years on, AFP journalists in Greece, Turkey and other countries and regions at the crux of the crisis explore issues such as how well migrants are integrating, what routes they take in 2020 and how European policy has changed. In the second of a two-part package, we are offering the following items: + Syrians still finding their way in Sweden + The enduring images of the migrant crisis + A look back at five tense years Europe-migrants-Sweden-Syria,FOCUS STOCKHOLM They arrived in unprecedented numbers, pushing a strained Sweden to shut its borders as anti-immigration sentiment flared. Five years later, Syrians are still trying to integrate, some more successfully than others. 900 words by Nioucha Zakavati and Agathe Harel. Picture Europe-migrants,PHOTOESSAY PARIS A dramatic shipwreck in the Mediterranean, a child's lifeless body on a beach, the shilly-shallying of politicians, borders opening and shutting -- these are some of the enduring images of Europe's 2015 migrant crisis. 650 words. Picture Europe-migrants,FACTS PARIS The arrival five years ago of more than a million migrants in Europe caused widespread chaos and, despite a significant decline in arrivals, tensions and divisions have continued between EU countries over migration. 700 words Europe-migrants-politics,FOCUS Europe-migrants-Balkans,FOCUS Europe-migrants-Turkey,FOCUS Europe-migrants-Greece,FOCUS Europe-migrants-Germany-politics,FEATURE afp
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