Erik Svanberg (@eriksvanberg.bsky.social)

Aid is not a migration deterrent — it never should be, and here’s why <div><img width="600" height="450" src="https://static.euobserver.com/2022/01/c5ae626f8c8de3088a1a9c62698a42b6-600x450.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://static.euobserver.com/2022/01/c5ae626f8c8de3088a1a9c62698a42b6-600x450.png 600w, https://static.euobserver.com/2022/01/c5ae626f8c8de3088a1a9c62698a42b6.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div>Tuesday's (5 May) vote in the European Parliament’s development committee was a political containment exercise. The cordon sanitaire held, but the compromise should not be mistaken for a complete victory on substance. One of the key debates during the negotiations of the report concerned conditionality — specifically, whether development aid should depend on third countries’ cooperation on returns and readmission. https://euobserver.com/214987/aid-is-not-a-migration-deterrent-it-never-should-be-and-heres-why/