The Sahel: A transit region for migration

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Mark Leonard speaks with Shoshana Fine and Andrew Lebovich about what is Europe trying to so in the Sahel.

Bookshelf:

The Good Immigrant by Nico Schuettler

From Empires to NGOs in the West African Sahel by Gregory Mann

Halting ambition: EU migration and security policy in the Sahel by Andrew Lebovich

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