The EU-Mauritania deal will see the EU help the west African country tackle the root causes of migration, provide humanitarian assistance to refugees and crack down on human traffickers

Mauritania will not host any European deportation centres, government says

Migration

Africa

by Nikolaj Nielsen, Vienna,

Mauritania will not host any European deportation centres, according to a government advisor from the northwest African state.

Despite recently signing €210m cash-for-migrant deal

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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The EU-Mauritania deal will see the EU help the west African country tackle the root causes of migration, provide humanitarian assistance to refugees and crack down on human traffickers