Europe’s wall against African migrants is almost complete

The obstacles confronting African migrants and refugees en route to Europe are becoming ever more severe. It is clear that Europe is determined to do all it can to reduce, and finally halt, the African exodus.

A deal signed in Italy in April 2017 with tribes operating in southern Libya may be the last element of the barrier the EU has been constructing to exclude Africans from Europe

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