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File Name | S21-Policy-NCFCA-15-AFF-EUTF.docx |
File Size | 152.33 KB |
Date added | November 9, 2020 |
Category | Archived |
Tags | Debate, NCFCA, Policy, Season 21 |
Author | Vance Trefethen |
Case Summary: The European Union Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) is a foreign aid program that is part of the EU’s immigration policy. EUTF’s goals are all centered on reducing migration from Africa to Europe. It’s supposed to address the “root causes” of why people leave Africa to move (legally or illegally, regularly or irregularly) to Europe in search of better lives. Maybe if their lives were better in Africa, they wouldn’t need to move. Great theory, but EUTF judges the success of its projects on the number of migrants, not the improvement of lives. That means a program that fails to improve lives, but somehow (tighter security? Enslaving workers, like in Eritrea?) keeps them from migrating would be considered a success. This is a bad way to run and evaluate foreign aid, and it’s guaranteed not to actually work at reducing migration. The EU should cut the link between foreign aid and migration numbers and install better oversight to make sure the funds are used for real economic development and humanitarian aid.