EU signs agreement to help Mauritania stop Europe-bound migrants.
Mauritania and the European Union signed a migration deal on Thursday as the country struggles to contain a surge in migrants embarking on the dangerous journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Spain’s Canary Islands.
Spain says nearly 12,000 migrants and refugees have reached its Atlantic Ocean islands, located some 100 kilometres off the coast of Africa, in the first two months of the year.
But while thousands have survived the risky journey, many die or disappear along the way.
in Nouakchott today. Mauritania is a strategic partner for the EU in the Sahel. Our new migration partnership.
“Our nation, will not be a country for irregular migrants, and the European Union agrees with that. And Mauritania will not receive them, nor lodge them in accordance with this common agreement,” said Mauritania’s Minister for the Economy and Sustainable Development, Abdessalam Ould Mohamed Saleh.
Spain has for years deployed national police and civil guards in Mauritania to help local authorities stop migrants from the country and other nearby nations from leaving on the perilous journey.
At least 191 migrants have been reported dead or missing so far in 2024 trying to reach the Canary Islands, according to the International Organization for Migrations Missing Migrants Project.
But that number is believed to be an undercount.
Source: www.africanews.com
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