Abstract
ABSTRACT For the past 30 years, the European Union has ‘externalized’ its migration management policy to third countries. The article focuses on the implementation of the EU’s migration control policy in Niger in West Africa. Implementation of the control measures made the EU dependent on cooperation with national authorities of Niger. The article shows that both parties benefitted from cooperating. The number of migrants decreased significantly and the government in Niger received substantial amounts of economic aid and training of its security forces. However, the implementation of the control measures met significant obstacles because migration and transportation of migrants was a huge source of income to many people in Niger. While the rigorous implementation led to a drastic reduction in the number of registered migrants travelling north of Agadez, it increased the level of illegal migration, migrants’ vulnerability, corruption and instability in the border region between Niger and Libya.
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