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World Service,22 May 2024,32 mins

How are EU funds enabling abuses against migrants in North Africa?

Focus on Africa

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Hundreds of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa are being arrested and deported to desert areas in Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania using funds made available by the European Union. An investigation by eight international news organisations says the migrants also face human rights abuses as countries try to stop them from reaching Europe. Also how illegal logging is funding the insurgency in Northern Mozambique And a Kenyan mother's desperate attempt to help save her son from execution in Saudi Arabia.

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