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There is mounting pressure to allow the EU budget to build border fences and walls (Photo: Freedom House)

Next EU budget: could social safety net be siphoned off for border control?

Concerns are mounting that the next EU long-term budget could see a shift away from spending programmes dedicated towards fighting poverty, social inclusion and migrant integration.

"While poverty overall has been decreasing in the past few years, child poverty has actually been increasing," said Chiara Catelli, an EU funds expert at Picum, an advocacy group w...

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There is mounting pressure to allow the EU budget to build border fences and walls (Photo: Freedom House)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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