Dictators as gatekeepers for Europe : outsourcing EU border controls to Africa

>Migrationskontrolle ist in der EU zu einer Frage von höchster innenpolitischer Bedeutung geworden. Mit Hochdruck baut sie daher ihre Beziehungen zu den Regierungen auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent aus. Diese sollen ihre Bürger daran hindern, nach Europa zu gelangen. - [publisher](https://www.aufbau-verlage.de/ch-links-verlag/diktatoren-als-tursteher-europas/978-3-86153-959-9) "Despite the fact that the actual number of migrants coming to Europe is declining, there continues to be considerable public and media attention to the issue of migration. What is little known is the fact that Europe is pushing its borders into Africa. The EU is strengthening its relations with the governments on the African continent and persuading them that they should prevent African citizens from reaching Europe. The EU provides billions in military and economic aid to regimes that commit serious human rights violations, including training their police and armies. Freedom of movement in Africa is being restricted, development aid is being redirected and new conditions are being set: those who stop migrants will receive money. This new aid regime benefits the transnational IT companies and defence and security companies in Europe. This book provides analysis of the ways in which despotic regimes are increasingly used to 'protect' Europe from Africans who are assumed to be both a social, economic and security threat."-- Provided by publisher Despite the fact that the actual number of migrants coming to Europe is declining, there continues to be considerable public and media attention to the issue of migration. What is little known is the fact that Europe is pushing its borders into Africa. The EU is strengthening its relations with the governments on the African continent and persuading them that they should prevent African citizens from reaching Europe. The EU provides billions in military and economic aid to regimes that commit serious human rights violations, including training their police and armies. Freedom of movement in Africa is being restricted, development aid is being redirected and new conditions are being set: those who stop migrants will receive money. This new aid regime benefits the transnational IT companies and defence and security companies in Europe. This book provides analysis of the ways in which despotic regimes are increasingly used to 2018protect2019 Europe from Africans who are assumed to be both a social, economic and security threat."