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Immigration talks between France and Mali collapsed on January 8 after Mali refused to sign a bilateral accord, according to Yahoo! News. Negotiations collapsed despite France having made "many concessions," such as agreeing to increase the number of Malian immigrants authorized to work in its territory. Of the 120,000 Malians in France, only 45,000 live there legally.