The 'EU Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa' (the EUTF for Africa) is the financial instrument at the forefront of the EU's attempts to integrate migration politics, foreign policy and partnerships for development.Our review of all the project proposals funded by the EUTF for Africa and the circumstances surrounding their adoption expose a new and worrying trajectory for development aid that is more closely linked with donors' migration policies, particularly stopping irregular migration. This poses a risk to development actors' ability to contribute to poverty and inequality reduction.
In 2015, the EU announced its Agenda for Migration: a blueprint for managing migration. Two years on, it is clear these policies have sacrificed people's safety and wellbeing in order to stop irregular migration at all costs. This report outlines Oxfam's proposal for a new and balanced approach to managing migration -one that protects people and promotes the benefits associated with migration for European host countries, people on the move and their countries of origin.
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