as you know. but the e.u. has a vested interest it wants to stop african migrants from reaching europe and it's been argued that by passing the law has helped europe move its most southern border right into africa. in return for managing migration new share is rewarded by europe with lots of development aid and if successful this is a model that could be exported to other countries around the world so we've come here to find out how it works. for centuries the city of ideas has been the gateway into the sun harra. caravans departed from here and the one nine hundred eighty s. saw a boom in tourism until a series of travel the belgians turned the region into a no go area. with the so-called migrant crisis in twenty fifteen are there started

making global headlines once more three quarters of all migrants and asylum seekers who reach detail in coastline made the journey from the share. desperate to stem the flow to europe struck a deal with libya's coast guard to deter migrants from going to sea. with the introduction of the new jerry an anti trafficking law migrants and refugees was stopped even further away from europe shores. we have come to see more about me more subtle to find out what effect the law has had since it was passed three years ago. with. his compound was a so-called ghetto a place where migrants and drivers gathered before starting the journey to libya.

after the law was introduced the authorities arrested many of the drivers calling them people smugglers. or anyone. going to say level one of our editors and of russia was. before the migration ban passengers paid around two hundred fifty dollars each meaning that of emmys profits might have been as high as a quarter of a million dollars. would you want to. who . would want to. do an madam these cars have been confiscated by the military and he takes us to see them. to make up for financial loss the e.u.

is funding a compensation scheme that helps former migration workers start new businesses. but ghetto and its like miami are excluded and are not reimbursed for confiscated cars . madam he is a leader of the tube cynic group that is home in the north of new jap and the sellers of libya nine years ago when the rebellion and the arbutus region came to an end the government gave the to boost the transport route through the eastern desert. their role in cross border trade means the two were disproportionately affected by the migration ban. well know what they. do not

divide by zero which are more. than the one the e.u. has been investing heavily in stopping migrants from reaching it shows but that's not all it's also funding the return of migrants back to their home countries this so-called trans migration center is run by the international organization of migration or i.o.m. who arranges the migrants return maurice. shows us around. where the political situation is not well and then we are so many. informal reasons the closure of the mediterranean migration route into europe and the violent behavior of libya's militias has caused migrants to feedback in tunisia but the processing of return nice is not always straightforward for the person of.

id for many they can be lost all they can be called. a crowd is building outside nigeria security forces are violently rounding up africans dumping them quite literally across the border in tunisia. this is my money this is so many different to my family has become a repatriation hub not only for migrants who get stuck here but also for those who have been turned back in neighboring countries one should people believe the hostility they devote a time for so that they have a long time who would like to go back to the country where they are from your knowledge of you know the more you are. free buses deal to. leave. that matter

a new group of migrants is starting their journey. but. when you see other people go how do you feel. the difference will be for a bit it will be obvious that. in twenty eighteen alone over fifteen thousand men women and children have returned to their home countries with the help of the i.o.m. . from europe's point of view the flow of migrants has been successfully reversed. but not everyone is ready to go back home a contact takes us to a ghetto that is still operating in spite of the new law mohammed balladeer has been picked up three times by the new jerry and military trying to reach libya and now he's run out of money. asian diplomas show me. he feels he's got nothing to lose.

because one of. motherhood enough to do. mohammed is from guinea conakry on the west african coast a country that's seen by in an ethnic clashes. and iraq once again. lose will be a good the result. of one man who knows he's a. bug. me along a new job and i was here for me here a long way i'm a pretty solid freak little blue the sun lit up lovely girls and the little. mill going to the. little.

we set off from this to follow the route migrants take to reach europe our destination is still cool. and from there we want to drive towards the libyan border we will travel with an i.o.m. team that's on a rescue mission. looking for migrants who are lost in the desert as three car army escort provide security. we soon get a taste of what travel in the desert is like we're just outside decor and we're already having the second part of car breakdowns often leave migrants stranded in the desert our first stop is the village of la thai with thousands of migrants used to drink water from this well to day military patrols are frequent and i am team leader. is told that cars with migrants no longer stop here. soon we're back on the road driving towards a nearby oasis called. it is known as

a hiding place for migrants a desert ghetto. once to show us something very disturbing. few. of them. tend to do not get off. the driver who took these migrants avoided the main roads but his car broke down after three days of walking the migrants arrived here. and if you see it if you do. it. if you. if you. don't. a quantity of puke.

they think it's a woman. because of the nail polish on the toes. most debt migrants will never be found. the i.o.m. estimates that more than twice as many migrants now die crossing the desert as in crossing the mediterranean. sea shooter the sooner to. rid you of a better vendor. he has a theory of the. incredibly there is a well nearby. the migrants who died drank the water from the well too quickly.

we set off again after a while stops our convoy. seen somebody who's waving at us. i don't know if you know. the man's car has broken down around five kilometers away when we get there the head of our military escort you don't have diarrhea himself inspects the vehicle. when you're searching the cars what are you looking for is. there because i wore the. his you. help is already on the way and we leave these men to continue their journey. our final destination is a place called mahfouz the last well before the border with libya it's a place where i.o.m. has previously found migrants in distress. it's

a dangerous place where gangs and bandits are active carrying weapons that match those of our military escort. and you don't have decides where to set up camp. it doesn't buy you a. mini me. don't. have night the military stops to patrol and bandits and traffickers own the desert as we make our beds the guns are ready. the next morning we descend to the well. so the ground is still wet there were people here and really recently. say on congruently every rock we were.

going to talk. a lot of fighting there were a little bit body work here we're almost there it is one of the sample size of your b.g. in concord with your buffalo news here pointing. out that. it's time to start our long journey back to the a cool since october two thousand and sixteen the i.o.m. team has rescued nearly nine hundred migrants the overall number of africans transiting through may have gone down but the ones who still attend the desert crossing face a much more dangerous journey. since our arrival india cooled we've heard complaints that the migration ban has damaged the local economy nearly every family used to make money from the migrant transport

but now sales at the market have dropped and young men say they can find employment and. we have heard today that crime is on the right and to find out more we have a range to meet prosecutor mussa ibrahim. it's all join richard. roth. in the regional courthouse he takes us to where the evidence is stored. these items were found by the military police less than a week earlier. that's what that's hashish so. let's just. say it was look this is a bit of additional. and yet. so this was found in a in a car that also had migraines and. all you will. look at them don't see it was that the police also seized weapons and ammunition some criminals

seem to have a lot of firepower this is not just for self protection that's for serious fighting to do that. yes that was the. moment influence is something that if. it's this institution of the worst of this year it's all of that so that. the easy availability of weapons from libya mixed with growing local discontent about the loss of income has given rise to more crime the prosecutor says some drivers have become smugglers. did. it very much says he's been threatened with kidnap and even death people and that he's hoping for more security not just for himself but also for his young family. and security is where

the e.u. has been investing this is the nigerian police force demonstrating their new skills in the capital niamey that the hold out there that. they have been trained by the e.u. civilian security and defense mission otherwise known as you cap the occasion is the celebration of you cap six year in the country. frank dunham aaron summarizes you cap successes and. you also this. offer. you know yes. you could have came to an easier to stop the rise of al-qaeda affiliated groups who had gained a foothold in neighboring countries since then and you kept as trained around twelve thousand members of new shares security forces with specialist skills this

man explains how drugs are trafficked all the the ability to see a lot of people all for you know if not all of it all. of your uses of reception follows but we managed to pry you cap's head of mission away for a quick question i want to know how worried he is about the impact of the migration ban that is not question of course so this is a good take of the jobs of our people of course when they start the blood the fight against migration there are efforts for the business development projects like and i guess they don't really have they are not that visible as we want. it is estimated that since the introduction of the anti trafficking law agadez has lost over one hundred million u.s. dollars in income in response to e.u. has spent three point one million dollars financing projects that include training

schemes and cash for work rebuilding our god s. all city but many feel it's too little and too slow. meanwhile the e.u. funded compensation scheme for migration workers has come to a halt after less than ten percent of successful applications received business startup kits. we've come back to see businessmen mamdani more subtle at his compound to elders are voicing their grievances the pair are soon. when a particular job is. the most i am for the person to tbilisi. they show me lists of names. these are all drivers exam today is sas is only. to move well these are the two will drive us ok you know in paris you do companies

out there didn't get any compensation. so excuse all that to have a fee is reputation gained by fighting a series of rebellions against the central government some girlfriend in a more normal. lives sheelagh. the elders say they have to calm their youth. to come to my pretties with rycote in a bunny. but. the men say the discontent may create an opening for religious extremists obama. oh.