MALI: Returnees sceptical about new EU information centre

BAMAKO Tuesday, October 07, 2008 (IRIN) - The European Union (EU) has opened its first multi-million dollar immigration centre in West Africa, but returnee migrants told IRIN the Bamako centre would not change their minds about migrating without visas. The EU-funded Centre for Information and Control of Migration (CIGEM) has been set up to fight illegal migration through job counselling for would-be and returned migrants. President Touré, speaking at the opening of the centre on 6 October,...