The EU’s so-called “forward defense” against illegal immigration is now in joint Sahelian-Russian-US hands after the bloc lost all of its influence over Niger in the span of just several months. Niger repealed a 2015 law late last month that was aimed at curbing illegal immigration to Europe via Libya, which
If the US Empire wanted stability in Niger, it would instruct Nigeria to lift the blockade. It does NOT want stability, it wants chaos because then it can gain access to the natural resources it craves and to exploit the people of Niger more easily.
The resultant refugees are just more exploitable labor for the oligarchs back home, and can be used to divide their own people against themselves so they can't unite and pose a threat to the oligarchy itself.
If the US Empire wanted stability in Niger, it would instruct Nigeria to lift the blockade. It does NOT want stability, it wants chaos because then it can gain access to the natural resources it craves and to exploit the people of Niger more easily.
The resultant refugees are just more exploitable labor for the oligarchs back home, and can be used to divide their own people against themselves so they can't unite and pose a threat to the oligarchy itself.