EU suggests job centres in Africa

In a bid to regulate the stream of African migrants trying to reach Europe's southern shores, the European Commission is proposing: teams to root out human traffickers, a network of job centres in Africa and 'work mobility' packages.

The proposals are part of a series of initiatives suggested by Brussels after the summer saw record numbers of people trying to get into the EU via Spain's Canary Islands, Italy and Malta - pushing the issue to the top of the bloc's political agenda.

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