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The EU needs to become more 'strategic' and 'visible' in its partner countries, outgoing EU commissioner for international partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen (r), told MEPs (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Global South migration will persist if spending slackens, EU development chief warns

Migration from the Global South to Europe will continue indefinitely unless the EU steps up investment to create more opportunities in developing countries, the bloc’s outgoing development policy chief told MEPs on Wednesday (4 September). 

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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 needs to become more 'strategic' and 'visible' in its partner countries, outgoing EU commissioner for international partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen (r), told MEPs (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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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.

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