EU responds allegations of funding migrant abuse in N. Africa
European funds have been used to train personnel and buy equipment for units implicated in desert dumps and human rights abuses, finds the investigation.
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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.
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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 bloc's funds.