How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement to Africa
The European Union is militarizing Africa’s internal borders to curb migration, with little regard for human rights.
As a German member of the European Parliament (MEP), Ernst had left Brussels to embark on a fact-finding mission in West Africa, accompanied by her Dutch counterpart, Tineke Strik, and a team of assistants.
In 2016, the EU designated Senegal, both a migration origin and transit country, as one of its five priority partner nations in addressing African migration. But in total 26 African countries have received taxpayer euros aimed at curbing migration through more than 400 discrete projects. Between 2015 and 2021, the EU invested $5.5 billion in such projects, with more than 80% of the funds coming from developmental and humanitarian aid coffers. In Senegal alone, according to a report from the German Heinrich Böll Foundation, the bloc invested at least $320 million since 2005.
| Full title | Unspecified |
|---|---|
| Author | Andrei Popoviciu |
| Publisher | In These Times |
| Year | 2023 |
| Media type | Article |
| Link | https://inthesetimes.com/article/europe-militarize-africa-senegal-borders-anti-migration-surveillance |
| Topics | European Agencies (Frontex, GIZ & Co), European Externalization Policies & Cash Flows |
| Regions | West Africa |