Niger and the European Union on Friday 15 July launched an operational partnership to combat migrant smuggling, announced Commissioner Ylva Johansson and Niger’s Minister of the Interior, Hamadou Adamou Souley, during a joint press briefing.
Pilot projects have already been launched and supported by the EU in Niger to prevent migrants from continuing on to Libya or other North African countries and then attempting to reach the EU. Voluntary return projects to the countries of departure...