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Jun 2024
21m 33s

Migration in North Africa: EU Engagement...

Middle East Institute
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MEI's North Africa & the Sahel Program Director Intissar Fakir and Guillaume Soto-Mayor discuss Soto-Mayor's paper "Libya, Tunisia, and Niger as Case Studies for Counter-Productive Anti-Migration Policies" - including how EU policies reinforce criminal patterns and empower illicit networks in these areas. 

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