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European arms companies are already 'winning' in the race to outsource security and migration control to African states - many of them with poor human rights records (Photo: Nikolaj Nielsen)

Europe's solution to migration is to outsource it to Africa

The dramatic scenes of Syrian refugees walking in their tens of thousands across Eastern Europe three years ago are starting to seem a distant memory.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said that the EU can now celebrate "solid progress" having dramatically reduced irregular arrivals.

However the commission's proposed budget on 2 May

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

European arms companies are already 'winning' in the race to outsource security and migration control to African states - many of them with poor human rights records (Photo: Nikolaj Nielsen)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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