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4 Oct 24
A €5bn fund aimed at curbing migration from Africa to Europe has been criticised by auditors for lacking focus, exaggerating achievements and failing to address risks to human rights.
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13 Jun 23
The European Union has agreed a package of more than €1bn with Tunisia containing significant support for the latter’s border controls, as well as finance linking to other areas of reform.
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4 Feb 20
Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
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24 Jan 20
Donald Trump’s pressure on Mexico to host asylum-seekers after his ‘expedited removal’ of 300,000 immigrants has dashed the country’s hopes of developing a progressive migration policy.
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3 Dec 19
Venezuela’s migration can potentially raise GDP growth in receiving countries, writes the IMF’s Emilio Fernandez Corugedo and Jaime Guajardo.
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11 Oct 19
Donald Trump’s pressure on Mexico to host asylum-seekers after his ‘expedited removal’ of 300,000 immigrants has dashed the country’s hopes of developing a progressive migration policy, writes Gavin...
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30 Sep 19
Public trust in humanitarian aid is being “eroded” as its definition has been transformed over the years, an aid specialist has warned.
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28 Jun 19
Democrats in the US congress have backed a bill to rush $4.5bn emergency humanitarian aid to the southern border amid headlines about the suffering of migrants.
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21 May 19
Efforts to tackle migration from Central America are at the heart of the region’s innovative effort to demonstrate it is focusing more on development than concerns over security.
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12 Dec 18
Mexico will invest more than $30m in its southern states over the next five years to boost economic growth and tackle migration in and out of the country, the foreign minister has said.
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26 Oct 18
The US will “begin cutting off” foreign aid to three Central American countries because of a migrant caravan heading north, the president has warned.
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24 Apr 18
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries rebounded to a record level in 2017 after two years of decline, the World Bank has announced.
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13 Feb 18
There is little evidence that aid interventions to reduce emigration from poor countries are effective, according to the Center for Global Development.
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24 Aug 17
People are being driven by the effects of drought to flee Central America into the United States, the World Food Programme has said.
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26 Jul 17
Children fleeing across the Mediterranean as refugees do so mainly because of threats in their home countries rather than ‘pull’ factors in Europe, Unicef has said.
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27 Jun 17
European Union leaders have cautiously welcomed prime minister Theresa May’s proposals on the rights of EU citizens to remain in the UK after Brexit but warn there are still “worrisome...
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22 Jun 17
The UK is to spend £75m ($95m) on tackling the migration crisis in the Mediterranean over the next three years, prime minister Theresa May will announce tomorrow.
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26 Apr 17
Thousands of refugees and migrants, including unaccompanied children, are being left stranded on Greek islands as a result of European Union policy, the bloc’s auditors have said.
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10 Mar 17
UK-funded aid projects to address irregular migration through the central Mediterranean are not yet effective, the country’s aid watchdog has warned.
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3 Mar 17
Millions of dollars of aid funds are being undermined as donor efforts to stem migration from countries like Ethiopia are thwarted by the country’s labour laws, a UK think-tank has argued.
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27 Jan 17
The UK should not reconsider its commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid, the country's former prime minister Gordon Brown told a committee yesterday.
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13 Jan 17
Social discontent could rise as unemployment and inequality increase in the next few years, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
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14 Nov 16
Donald Trump’s victory in last week’s US presidential election caught the world off guard. How might his policies and pledges play out across the global south?
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9 Nov 16
The Republican candidate Donald Trump has won a surprise victory in this year’s US presidential race, pledging unity and increased government infrastructure spending in his victory speech.
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6 Oct 16
Governments around the world pledged $15.2bn in aid for Afghanistan until 2020 at an EU-hosted conference in Brussels yesterday.
4 Oct 24A €5bn fund aimed at curbing migration from Africa to Europe has been criticised by auditors for lacking focus, exaggerating achievements and failing to address risks to human rights.
13 Jun 23The European Union has agreed a package of more than €1bn with Tunisia containing significant support for the latter’s border controls, as well as finance linking to other areas of reform.
4 Feb 20Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
24 Jan 20Donald Trump’s pressure on Mexico to host asylum-seekers after his ‘expedited removal’ of 300,000 immigrants has dashed the country’s hopes of developing a progressive migration policy.
3 Dec 19Venezuela’s migration can potentially raise GDP growth in receiving countries, writes the IMF’s Emilio Fernandez Corugedo and Jaime Guajardo.
11 Oct 19Donald Trump’s pressure on Mexico to host asylum-seekers after his ‘expedited removal’ of 300,000 immigrants has dashed the country’s hopes of developing a progressive migration policy, writes Gavin...
30 Sep 19Public trust in humanitarian aid is being “eroded” as its definition has been transformed over the years, an aid specialist has warned.
28 Jun 19Democrats in the US congress have backed a bill to rush $4.5bn emergency humanitarian aid to the southern border amid headlines about the suffering of migrants.
21 May 19Efforts to tackle migration from Central America are at the heart of the region’s innovative effort to demonstrate it is focusing more on development than concerns over security.
26 Oct 18The US will “begin cutting off” foreign aid to three Central American countries because of a migrant caravan heading north, the president has warned.
24 Apr 18Remittances to low- and middle-income countries rebounded to a record level in 2017 after two years of decline, the World Bank has announced.
13 Feb 18There is little evidence that aid interventions to reduce emigration from poor countries are effective, according to the Center for Global Development.
24 Aug 17People are being driven by the effects of drought to flee Central America into the United States, the World Food Programme has said.
27 Jun 17European Union leaders have cautiously welcomed prime minister Theresa May’s proposals on the rights of EU citizens to remain in the UK after Brexit but warn there are still “worrisome...
22 Jun 17The UK is to spend £75m ($95m) on tackling the migration crisis in the Mediterranean over the next three years, prime minister Theresa May will announce tomorrow.
26 Apr 17Thousands of refugees and migrants, including unaccompanied children, are being left stranded on Greek islands as a result of European Union policy, the bloc’s auditors have said.
27 Jan 17The UK should not reconsider its commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid, the country's former prime minister Gordon Brown told a committee yesterday.
13 Jan 17Social discontent could rise as unemployment and inequality increase in the next few years, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
14 Nov 16Donald Trump’s victory in last week’s US presidential election caught the world off guard. How might his policies and pledges play out across the global south?
6 Oct 16Governments around the world pledged $15.2bn in aid for Afghanistan until 2020 at an EU-hosted conference in Brussels yesterday.
