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Is Rishi on 'the wrong side of history'?

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The Migration Crisis in Nigeria

The Nigerian government has been one of the forces keeping people from traveling north, up to North Africa and then obviously onwards into Europe. Niger is unbelievably poor; 43% of Nigerians live in poverty, earning less than $2 a day. It's got one of the highest fertility rates in the world because so many children die, seven babies per woman. So if this explodes or if this becomes more unstable still, this is going to have a big effect,. both in terms of the region and ultimately into Europe.

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