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The EU-Mauritania migration deal is destined to fail

The agreement will not stem the flow of asylum seekers to European shores and could also destabilise Mauritania.

Would-be immigrants are transported in a car by Mauritanian police officials in Nouadhibou before being expelled from the country May 23, 2006. As Spain has improved cooperation with Morocco and Mauritania to close down clandestine migration routes, both on land and sea, would-be migrants have been setting off from further and further down the West African coast. REUTERS/Juan Medina

It is time for Europe to learn from its mistakes in the Sahel

Foreign engagement and military architecture expansion will not bring security and stability to the restive region.

People celebrate in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to rally in support of the new military junta