Italy is finally poised to
launch a mission to Niger to stem the migrant traffic there,
Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta.
"We've done it: after eight months of impasse we have
unblocked the mission to Niger to control migrant flows!" she
said on Facebook.
The mission's goal will be to "stem, together with the Niger
forces, trafficking in humans and migrants who cross the country
to then head for Libya and finally embark for our shores,"
Trenta said.
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