Brussels warns Niger's repeal of anti-human-smuggling law could cause EU migrant influx

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The Niger junta's decision to repeal an eight-year-old law designed to crack down on migrant smugglers could lead to an influx of migrants into Europe, according to EU home affairs chief Ylva Johansson.

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00:20 I'm very concerned about the situation now.

00:23 And there is a huge risk that this will cause new deaths in the desert.

00:29 That's the most concerning thing, but that will also probably mean more people coming to Libya, for example,

00:36 and then maybe also trying to cross the Mediterranean to the EU.

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01:09 We used to have a very, very good and very, very close cooperation with Nigeria.

01:14 After they passed this law in 2015, we had a significant decrease on the regular arrivals,

01:21 and we had a significant decrease of people losing their lives in the desert.

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