COTONOU (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that tighter immigration rules would benefit both France and Africa, defending new legislation that has touched off angry protests as he tours West Africa.
Hundreds of demonstrators shouting "racist, out" gathered in Benin's main city Cotonou as Sarkozy met President Yayi Boni, government officials, and then political leaders to discuss an immigration bill critics have slammed as discriminatory.
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