Misplaced trust: diverting EU aid to stop migration

This report concludes that the approach underpinning the EUTF is inefficient both from a political and a development perspective. There is a serious risk that development ceases to be regarded primarily as a tool for poverty eradication and that EU aid will continue to be used to leverage partner countries’ cooperation on migration. This may create an incentive for partner countries to cooperate, provided they receive additional funding, as is currently the case with Libya.

Source: EURACTIV