The European Union Commission has proposed linking development aid to the cooperation of African countries in migration enforcement. Under the Global Europe instrument, aid allocations could be impacted by how countries manage returns and border controls. The move has drawn criticism from humanitarian organizations, who argue it undermines development goals. Policy experts warn this approach risks portraying African nations as mere border guards and could diminish trust and sovereignty. Rising pressure in Europe to address irregular migration intensifies the urgency of this policy shift.
"Stop your people from migrating or lose aid sounds to me like a message of cohesion and not cooperation. This reduces the African nations actually to border guards rather than equal partners in development..."
"What the EU is doing is forcing Africans to keep people in Africa because they are afraid of the Africanization of Europe."
#eu-migration-policy #development-aid #african-sovereignty #humanitarian-concerns #migration-enforcement
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