Migration Policy is Not Working, says co-alition of NGOs on the eve of EU Council Meeting on Migration
(WorldNews Denmark)

The controversial policy has involved using EU development aid to partner with countries of origin and transit, mainly in Africa, to create positive and negative incentives for them to co-operate in the field of migration. The countries the EU prioritised were Niger, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Senegal and Mali, alongside 16 others. NGOs are concerned that the policy disregards the drivers of migration- conflict, extreme poverty, lack of protection for children, lack of access to education - and therefore risks creating solutions which are short-sighted and unsustainable. `We believe this current policy is ineffective`, says Ester Asin from Save the Children. `The limited...