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03/09/2015

Border control in the Sahel-Saharan space: the case of Mauritania (DIEEEM15-2015)

Once the Gaddafi regimen has been collapsed, the ancient problem of porous borders has reemerged. Mauritania, with more than 5,800 km of land, sea and river borders, is one of the three countries in which the EU Strategy for the Sahel (2011) is focused on. This article discusses the response to migration and terrorism threats by the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. This situation compelled the Mauritanian government to define mandatory border crossing points for entering and leaving its territory. This strong political willingness denotes a commitment to securing country’s borders.
Regional and bilateral cooperation as well as interventions by organizations such as the European Union and International Organization for Migration (IOM) explicitly act to reinforce the abilities of local security services and bureaucracies to autonomously manage their territories and populations.

Author: Juan Mora Tebas

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