Africans migrating to Europe could rescue nations from problems associated with its “ageing population”, a European Union (EU) ambassador to Nigeria has claimed. Legal channels allowing men and women from the continent to travel to the EU should be welcomed as a “good” thing and be opened up, Michel Arrion said. Ambassador Arrion said Europe “must support properly-regulated immigration from Africa”. The head of the EU’s delegation to Nigeria followed up his comments, taking about the rapid birth rate in West Africa. Tweets from Dr Joe Abah, director general at the country’s Bureau of Public Service Reforms, revealed the comments on social media. "There were more babies born in Nigeria in 2016 than in the entire European Union put together,” Mr Abah reported him as saying. His claims appear…