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Utfiskning utanför västafrika ger ekonomiska flyktingströmmar

Many scientists agree. A vast flotilla of industrial trawlers from the European Union, China, Russia and elsewhere, together with an abundance of local boats, have so thoroughly scoured northwest Africa’s ocean floor that major fish populations are collapsing. That has crippled coastal economies and added to the surge of illegal migrants who brave the high seas in wooden pirogues hoping to reach Europe. While reasons for immigration are as varied as fish species, Europe’s lure has clearly intensified as northwest Africa’s fish population has dwindled.



Läs mer: Europe Takes Africa’s Fish, and Migrants Follow - New York Times

Posted by jorgen on 2008-01-14 09:50

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