Exporting carceral migration “management”: €30 million from the EU to Senegal for migration control (www.statewatch.org)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 24 Nov 2025 03:30
https://lemmy.zip/post/53662910

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/53662714

The underlying aims of the €30 million budget are interception, detention and an instrumental concern for human life. The initiative maps onto longer-term developments predating the change of government in 2024, marked by the long-term involvement of external actors, often operating with EU funding.

The intervention is indicative of a wider regional trend of EU-funded actions enforcing detention and disregarding human rights concerns. This comes in the guise of “fighting migrant smuggling,” which is both a condition for and objective of EU financial support.

Together, these factors constitute the building blocks of a new era of carceral EU migration “management” in West Africa.

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