EU EXPOSED: How Brussels uses YOUR cash to fund people smugglers in £260 MILLION scheme

The money is being distributed in Niger in a scheme
designed to encourage former criminals running
smuggling networks through Libya to divert their
efforts into lawful enterprises.
The scheme is part of a £260million scheme in the
Western African nation to reduce the numbers of
migrants heading to Europe.
Details of the Brussels spending, which British
taxpayers contribute to as part of the UK's EU
membership fee, have been uncovered by an
investigation by the BBC Panorama programme. The
findings will be broadcast on BBC One this evening.
Reporters found that, until a few months ago, convoys
of trucks packed with migrants from all over sub-
Saharan Africa, would leave the city of Agadez in
Niger.
They were being transported 500 miles across the
desert to the Libyan border
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They were being transported 500 miles across the
desert to the Libyan border.
A recent crackdown on smuggling led to huge numbers
of trucks being confiscated and their drivers losing
their livelihoods as a result.
Panorama gained access to a meeting overseen by
Nigerien and EU officials where those claiming to be
ex-people smugglers were lining up to be selected for
EU funding to launch businesses of their choice.
Panorama was told that each claimant could get up to
£5,000 at a time to move from smuggling into another
profession.
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An official interviewed by Panorama raised concerns
about flaws in the scheme.
There was little vetting of the claimants and no
paperwork, the official said, and friends or colleagues
were simply asked to vouch for the people making
claims.
Panorama also raised concerns about the difficulties in
monitoring how the cash distributed under the scheme
was spent.
The EU denied cash was being handed to smugglers
while confirming that investments were being made to
help people find alternatives to getting involved in the
criminal activity.
The programme - Panorama: Africa’s Billion Pound
Migrant Trail - will be broadcast on BBC One this
evening.

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