EU accused of funding units that dump migrants in North African desert

EU accused of providing finance to units dumping migrants in middle of North African desert - 'Death sentence'

The EU supports and finances operations in North Africa to dump migrants in the middle of the desert, an investigation has claimed.Morocco, Tunisia, and Mauritania have been accused of using EU funds to round up migrants and discard them in the Sahara, where they face kidnap, torture, sexual violence and death.The migrants are often left without water, money, phones, or even shoes, in the world’s hottest desert. The practice is carried out in or…

EU accused of funding migrant dumping in Sahara

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

EU funding tied to efforts to drop migrants in African desert: Report

Sub-Saharan and other African migrants traveling to Europe face dire consequences when they leave the North African coast. Many who try to make it to the European Union (EU) are being picked up before they make land and dropped off in the desert. According to a new report, EU nations are funding these roundups of migrants. The most common route for African migrants trying to make it to Europe is through Italy, with many arriving on the island of…

EU accused of funding units that dump migrants in North African desert

Black refugees in Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia are ‘driven to the the middle of nowhere’ where they face torture and death, says report