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2025-11-20 08:15:11 UTC

Statewatch on Nostr: In October 2024 the EU announced it would provide €30 million from its aid budget ...

In October 2024 the EU announced it would provide €30 million from its aid budget to Senegal.

Claims about the funding say it will go toward stepping up the fight against migrant smuggling. This means it will support:
• border surveillance and control
• maritime interception
• detention infrastructure

Ultimately, the plans can be seen as contributing to a new era of carceral EU migration “management” in West Africa.

Read more in the latest article by Leonie Jegen:

https://www.statewatch.org/analyses/2025/exporting-carceral-migration-management-30-million-from-the-eu-to-senegal-for-migration-control/