Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism

Europe's border pushback

27 September 2018
Sub-Saharan migrants wait in a crowded rubber boat to be rescued by members of Proactive Open Arms NGO, in the Mediterranean sea, about 22 miles north of Zumarah, Libya, on Jan. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Agreements with countries like Turkey, Sudan and Libya have helped the European Union dramatically cut the flow of migrants to the continent.

But some of these partnerships have generated controversy amid concerns that the Libyan and Sudanese forces helping Europe keep migrants away are involved in the illegal detention, torture and trafficking of asylum-seekers.

On this edition of Global Journalist, a look at the costs and benefits of the EU's immigration policy and its efforts to stop would-be migrants hundreds of miles from Europe's borders.


Joining the program:

Assistant producers: Grace Lett, Shirley Tay
Supervising producer: Yanqi Xu

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