The European Union will open a job center in Africa.

In a move to cut down illegal immigration, the European Union is set to open its first immigration center in Africa, reports the BBC. The center will be in Mali. Each year, thousands of West Africans (often crammed into small boats) die attempting to make the dangerous journey to European countries in search of jobs. The organization hopes that the center will help Africans find legal jobs in Europe, so they don’t have to risk their lives making the trip. In addition, the center will provide information on how to come to Europe legally and assist with job training, the European Commission says. Even college graduates in many West African nations have hard time finding jobs and many times even a basic “low wage” job in Europe will go long way towards supporting their families.

Feds sweep up hundreds of illegals.

In what officials are calling the largest sweep of its kind in California history, federal immigration authorities Monday said they arrested nearly 1,600 immigrants who have eluded deportation orders. The massive sweep was the culmination of a three-week initiative targeting fugitive immigrants from San Diego to the Bay Area. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 1,157 men and women — 436 in Northern California alone. Authorities arrested some 420 in the Los Angeles area and 301 in the San Diego area.