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The EU's migrant control deal with Tunisia should be torn up over evidence of human trafficking, MEPs said on Wednesday (Photo: Valentina Pop)

EU complicit with migrant trafficking by Tunisia and Libya, say MEPs

The EU is complicit with major human rights abuses against African migrants, a group of MEPs argued on Wednesday (29 January), pointing to the sale and expulsion of people by Tunisia and Libya, two close EU allies on migration control. 

At a press conference in the European Parliament

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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 EU's migrant control deal with Tunisia should be torn up over evidence of human trafficking, MEPs said on Wednesday (Photo: Valentina Pop)

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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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