Mali setting up rigorous anti-smuggling measures: Mali minister A month after 800 migrants were killed in a trawler shipwreck that sparked outrage around the world , the European Union has announced controversial plans for a military operation to fight people smugglers in the Mediterranean, but there has been little focus on the issue in Africa itself. Abdourhamane Sylla, Bamako's Minister of Malians Abroad believes the EU's militarisation of the problem misses the "fundamental reasons" for the exodus -- which are economic. "I don't think that Europe's stance of getting tougher ... will to lead to a solution. I worry that it will radicalize the positions on both sides," he said. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES