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10/07/2008: "EU opens first job center in Africa"

Mali's president stood side-by-side with top officials from France and the European Union at the opening Monday of the EU's first African immigration information centre.

Set up to warn of the risks of illegal immigration, it opened its doors in the Malian capital Bamako. The West African nation is an important transit point for Africans heading to Europe in hopes of finding a better life.

The European Union hopes such information centres will not only curb illegal immigration but also help those who want to move to Europe legally, French Immigration Minister Brice Hortefeux said at the opening.

[ curb illegal immigration by making all immigration from Africa legal - how kind. A year ago, UK government Foreign Secretary David Miliband suggested that the EU should eventually include countries in the Middle East and North Africa as full EU members. ]

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