London — In a new column, anthropologist and author of "Illegality, Inc." Ruben Andersson of the London School of Economics warns that European Union initiatives to collaborate with African states may fuel irregular migration rather than stem it.
In 2010, on the eve of the Arab spring, the time had come for the big yearly gathering at Europe's borders as police, Navy officers and border guards congregated in a swish hotel in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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