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Major cuts to UN missions in Sudan are driving a surge in migration into neighbouring Libya and onto Europe, says the UN refugee agency (Photo: Ben Sutherland)

Budget cuts driving surge in EU migration from Sudan, UN warns

A top UN official has warned that deep cuts to its refugee agency will lead to a surge in migration flows from Libya and North Africa to Europe.

Some $1.4bn [€1.2bn] of essential programmes run by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) are being cut or put on hold, says the agency’s chie...

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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.

Major cuts to UN missions in Sudan are driving a surge in migration into neighbouring Libya and onto Europe, says the UN refugee agency (Photo: Ben Sutherland)

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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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