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Migration & Development editor, De Correspondent. Based in Lagos, Nigeria. Dutch/English tweets. Schrijf je in voor mijn nieuwsbrief: https://t.co/LtpLPCYYwo
Dec 12, 2019 7 tweets 4 min read
There is a crisis in 26 African countries. At least, according to the EU. Because a crisis clause, hidden in a European decision, allows the EU to circumvent her own procurement rules. #migration #eutf👇 2. We're talking about the European Union Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF): created in the summer of 2015 at the height of the "refugee crisis". It had to provide a quick and flexible way of funding programs to tackle "the root causes of migration and displacement in Africa".