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"We will have to hold discussions with North African states on models similar to the one we have set up with Turkey," Thomas de Maiziere said at a news conference in Vienna, adding that the goal was to put an end to trafficking, Reuters wrote.

"That kind of deal is appropriate – we should apply it to the central Mediterranean route from North Africa via Italy as well," he said.

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