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The money will not be used by border control agencies but to strengthen the Senegalese authorities' capacity to aid migrants at risk and fight migrant smuggling and human trafficking (Photo: Republic of Senegal)

EU offers Senegal €30m to curb migration

The EU Commission will provide €30m to deter potential migrants from attempting to get from Senegal to Europe, expanding its migrant-control programme in west Africa. 

The new funding, the latest EU programme aimed at curbing African migration to Europe,

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

The money will not be used by border control agencies but to strengthen the Senegalese authorities' capacity to aid migrants at risk and fight migrant smuggling and human trafficking (Photo: Republic of Senegal)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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