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How are EU funds enabling abuses against migrants in North Africa?

An investigative report says EU funds are enabling North African countries to push back sub-Sharan migrants into the desert

Hundreds of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa are being arrested and deported to desert areas in Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania using funds made available by the European Union. An investigation by eight international news organisations says the migrants also face human rights abuses as countries try to stop them from reaching Europe.

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