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‘Panicked by the far right’, Brussels spends billions on migration control in West Africa

Confidential document reveals plan to channel funds to Sahel juntas where civilian deaths from jihadist attacks have more than doubled since 2020

After spending over €8 billion on cash for migration controls with authoritarian regimes in North Africa in 2024, the European Commission is focusing on similar deals – but with less cash available – in West Africa. Morocco, which is the second biggest recipient for cash-for-migration controls from the EC after Turkey, will be the main hub for the control system but the new round of deals will include Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, and Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria.

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