As early as 2018, Angela Merkel's then-Africa envoy, Günter Nooke, pondered whether African heads of state might be willing to "cede a piece of territorial sovereignty in exchange for a lease." There, Nooke suggested at the time, "migrants could be settled in special economic zones." The idea enjoyed sustained popularity in European interior ministries. In October 2024, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) proposed the establishmen…
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As early as 2018, Angela Merkel's then-Africa envoy, Günter Nooke, pondered whether African heads of state might be willing to "cede a piece of territorial sovereignty in exchange for a lease." There, Nooke suggested at the time, "migrants could be settled in special economic zones." The idea enjoyed sustained popularity in European interior ministries. In October 2024, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) proposed the establishmen…