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Austria faces a shortage of workers, Greens lose ground in EU election race, and other news from around Austria on Monday.

Health correspondent Rebecca Thomas is finalist for Paul Foot Award, while social affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft is nominated for Orwell Prize

The fear is there, day and night, said Mamadou from Chad, who asked that DW not use his full name for fear of reprisals, recounting what happened to him earlier this month after he failed to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa with the help of human traffickers.

Nicolas Schmit launches scathing attack against Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.

Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania use the bloc’s funds to send thousands of people to the desert, says an investigation report.

European funds have been used to train personnel and buy equipment for units implicated in desert dumps and human rights abuses, finds the investigation.

Europe backs aggressive operations by governments in North Africa that lead to migrants being dumped in barren deserts, a joint investigation shows.

The trial of nine Egyptian survivors of the 2023 Pylos shipwreck, accused of people smuggling, resulting in the deaths of dozens of people on board, began in Greece amid concerns voiced by international organisations over a fair trial.

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The European Union admitted on Tuesday to a "difficult situation" after a journalism consortium said Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania were dumping migrants in the desert, using the blocs funds.