On Sunday 11 December, the European Union and Mali signed an agreement on the return of migrants in an irregular situation, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders stated on a visit to Bamako, before signing this arrangement on behalf of the EU.
The returns agreement, which does not carry the official name of a readmission agreement or have the legal form of it, is the first of its kind, Koenders said in a press release. The aim of the agreement is to fight against the...