Worth a read, really a very good article! Highly recommend!
That said, TL;DR:
Rather than addressing the structural drivers of migration, EU migration agreements are exacerbating the socioeconomic fragilities that compel people to move.
It’s colonialism.
Such is the policy when you don’t treat migrants as people, or at least as second-grade people. You don’t do shit, because why invest in helping them even if that would’ve naturally reduced migration, when you can just ask other countries to do whatever you need to keep them out.
Perfect Sunday read. Well written too!
The EU has a bearbones wealth transfer development mechanism within the EU. Why would it pay for a far more expensive system to develop parts of the world outside the EU?
Even a NAFTA like system would be very unpopular as it would shift a lot of industry and jobs outside the EU.
