EU fund to stem migration from Africa ‘fails to address risks’ – watchdog
The €5bn fund ignores the threat of human rights abusers receiving EU money, says European court of auditors
A €5bn EU fund aiming to stem the mass movement of people from Africa to Europe lacks focus and fails to address the risk of human rights abusers benefiting from European money, the bloc’s spending watchdog has found.
In a report on Wednesday, the European court of auditors intensified its previous criticism of the EU trust fund for Africa, which was set up in 2015 by European leaders seeking to curb the growing numbers of people making dangerous sea crossings in an attempt to reach Europe.