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It argues that international statutes invisibilize these refugees to avoid acknowledging the connection between pollution, ocean acidification, resource scarcity, land salinization, and desertification with hunger, water shortages, biodiversity loss, war, and migration.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Neoliberal and neokeynesian development models are deemed unsuitable for the Maghreb because they ignore the finitude of resources and existing environmental decay. The author specifically rejects the 'Angola model' of exchanging raw materials for Chinese mega-infrastructure and argues that the 'Washington Consensus'—which posits that neoliberal market economies guarantee democratic institutions—has proven false.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Environmental crises in the region have direct social and economic impacts: drought in Mauritania puts 12 million people at risk of malnutrition, desertification threatens coastal areas, and the introduction of fracking in Algeria has sparked protests due to the high water requirements in a water-scarce country.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author criticizes the European Union's approach to migration, describing it as a regression of values characterized by the criminalization of migrants and the use of 'shame fences' in Ceuta and Melilla. The text advocates for the 'ius migrandi', encompassing the right to live with dignity at home, the right to emigrate, and the right to settle peacefully.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"greeneur-000112#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regional cooperation in the Maghreb is hindered by bilateral conflicts and 'vicious circles' of institutional corruption and extractive elites. 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This imbalance may lead to competition for resources and influence, potentially allowing more powerful actors to dominate the region.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001586#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Most strategic documents lack specific monitoring and evaluation mechanisms that address public accountability, with the exception of the AU and ECOWAS. The brief argues that transparency in these mechanisms is essential to determine if strategies are meeting the needs of beneficiary populations in real time.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"issafri-001586#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The capacity of state governments in the Sahel to coordinate, absorb, and manage available resources remains a critical challenge. 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