"The African Union is opposed to any EU-level plan to outsource asylum processing centres to countries in Africa. "From the African perspective, this would be a dangerous approach, said African Union ambassador to the EU,
“The African Union is opposed to any EU-level plan to outsource asylum processing centres to countries in Africa. “From the African perspective, this would be a dangerous approach, said African Union ambassador to the EU, Ajay K Bramdeo, on Wednesday. Niger, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Turkey may host such centres.”
See the full article: African Union opposes outsourcing migrants (euobserver, link)
And: African envoy expresses concern over EU migrant center plans (New Europe, link)
See also Statewatch: Plan to set up “ad hoc operational cooperation mechanisms” between the EU and north African states, which will have a “real deterrent effect so that less and less migrants would be ready to put their life at risk to reach the European coasts” – to block refugees leaving Africa and hand them over to north African states