Scapegoating migrants and criminalizing migration in transit countries across the Mediterranean and at European borders will only result in even more human rights abuses and lives lost. The EU’s policies in the region have led to a criminalization of migration, forcing people onto different and more dangerous routes. The EU’s policies in the region have led to a criminalization of migration, forcing people onto different and more dangerous routes. The EU has tied development assistance to harsh migration policies in the transit countries of the Sahel. The only way to successfully address the challenges of migration in Italy and the EU is to develop a sustainable, realistic, and — above all — humane approach to the crisis.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 06, 2018 01:52 UTC