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Niger president calls for job-based immigration quotas in Europe

FILE PHOTO: Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum speaks as he attends a presidential panel with Senegal's President Macky Sall and Ivory Coast's Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet Kone during the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum said in an interview with an Italian newspaper on Friday that African and European states should agree quotas for African immigrants tailored to employment needs.

An agreement based on the number of Africans that each European country needs for its labour market could help resolve the problem of illegal migration and human trafficking, Bazoum told Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

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