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EU says 'very concerned' about Niger repealing migrant-trafficker law

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The EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson expresses concern over Niger's military rulers repealing a law against migrant-trafficking, saying "there is a huge risk that this will cause new deaths in the desert" and that this would mean "more people also trying to cross the Mediterranean today to get to the EU." SOUNDBITE

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