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Tracks in the Sahara desert: The EU's extended borders there are crumbling as military juntas consolidate power, expel western partners, and give way to jihadist groups' territorial expansion (Photo: Azzedine Rouichi)

EU's migrant-curbing agenda risks fuelling Sahel jihadists

In its desperate effort to curb migration, the EU has inadvertently bolstered jihadist groups in the Sahel, and now it may be too late.

Migration is surging in the Mediterranean, and so is the criticism of Europe's response. Abandonment at sea, overcrowded detention centres, outsourcing to north African partners while turning a blind eye on human rights violations — the list goes on.

Yet, given the EU's track record of alignin...

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Ole Sevrin Nydal is an independent Sahel researcher in Mali, who has written for the Journal of Conflict Resolution.

Tracks in the Sahara desert: The EU's extended borders there are crumbling as military juntas consolidate power, expel western partners, and give way to jihadist groups' territorial expansion (Photo: Azzedine Rouichi)

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Ole Sevrin Nydal is an independent Sahel researcher in Mali, who has written for the Journal of Conflict Resolution.

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