Multiple outlets report that the European Union has, for more than a decade, pursued migrant returns primarily through external partnerships and funding arrangements. They describe a strategy that combines financial support and enforcement-related infrastructure as two “pillars” of efforts to increase the number of migrants who leave Europe when they do not have the right to stay. The approach relies on a network of instruments, projects, and bilateral agreements through which the EU seeks cooperation from countries in Africa and the Middle East. Under this model, the EU directs resources toward enabling cooperation on returns, including coordination mechanisms intended to facilitate departures to migrants’ home countries. While the sources emphasize that the EU’s spending and partnership strategy has expanded over time, they also point to evidence suggesting the strategy is not achieving its intended outcomes at the scale expected. They do not claim the policy has no effect, but they conclude that the available evidence indicates the overall return strategy is not working as well as intended. The coverage frames the question as an assessment of policy effectiveness based on reported outcomes and supporting analysis.
EU spends billions on migrant returns via African partnerships, but results remain limited
Multiple outlets report that the European Union has, for more than a decade, pursued migrant returns primarily through external partnerships and funding arrangements. They describe a strategy that com...
- The EU has used external partnerships with countries in Africa and the Middle East for migrant return efforts.
- EU cooperation relies on funding instruments, projects, and bilateral arrangements.
- The strategy is described as combining money and enforcement-related infrastructure.
- The sources say evidence indicates the EU returns strategy is not working as intended.
- The reporting focuses on migrants without legal permission to stay in Europe.
[The Conversation Africa] For over a decade, the European Union (EU) has relied on external partnerships to increase the return of migrants who don't have the right to stay in Europe. It has used a growing web of funding instruments, projects and bilateral arrangements to get countries in Africa and the Middle East to cooperate in its bid to send migrants back to their home countries.
2 months agoThe European Union has used money and enforcement infrastructure as the twin pillars of its migrant returns strategy. The evidence suggests it isn’t working.
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