race if it is twenty one seconds ahead of allison the defending world champion well red bull's max a stop and was third for both of us this is the fourth grand prix when of his career. you're watching d.w. news live from berlin coming up next the gatekeepers of europe our documentary about outsourcing the border controls in africa don't forget you get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's dot com i'm calling aspen on behalf of the whole team here in berlin thanks for watching you have you. have taken everything going on now despair is or at least got left climate refugees. they seek shelter in the capital. but even here the waters are rising. the.

stores are closing on t.w. . from africa to europe hundreds of thousands have tried to flee. but recently the number of arriving migrants has dropped. the e.u. has cut deals with african governments mass migration in return for aid. the e.u. is widening its reach beyond the mediterranean into africa and it hasn't shied away from bringing long shunned dictators out of isolation. being sealed. so we criminalize and. it's a lucrative new market for the arms and security industry. which. secure thousands

of kilometers of border and libya and egypt without foot patrols technologies exist someone just needs to pay for them. the e.u. has allocated more than eight billion euros to stem the tide of migration. today more migrants are dying in the desert in the mediterranean. where. what impact is the e.u. . on africa. of. our investigation begins. we're headed towards libya from.

trade road. once the main trade route for caravans it remains an economic lifeline . merchants transport goods from. and subsaharan countries all the way to libya on the mediterranean. in recent years this road was also the main route for african migrants trying to get to europe. we're only allowed to travel here with a security escort. we agree in the hope of finding out what action the e.u. is taking here to stop migration. everyone here is checked with. police as travellers where they've come from and where they're going. anyone suspected of trying to reach europe is barred passage. that's why migrants now avoid these checkpoints. today we don't encounter any west

african migrants here instead merchants from the tribe desert nomads who have moved freely across desert borders for centuries. of their government before going to look for. a more leave i'm from music i want to go to libya my parents live there. used to be a lot more people here the merchants tell us that the rest station. but people smugglers are still cashing in says our driver a member of the argot is regional council. the desert is big even if you stop it here it goes on elsewhere the smugglers know all the checkpoints and avoid them across the desert to get to libya. so i do sort of business is less official but it continues. to do for me yeah but.

it's still a long way to libya. and we're not allowed to continue our journey. the official reason security concerns. mohamed tells us that migrant transports take big detours through the desert. they also avoid water supply stations because these are now under surveillance through you funding. but off this main route the risks for migrants increase u.n. agencies say the numbers of dead being found in this part of the sahara is rising the government to cooperate with the e.u. which has pledged one billion euros in development aid a massive sum for the impoverished as your nation. and the government is hearing to the e.u.'s wishes with a crackdown. there are one hundred nine seized vehicles on this parking lot of the blue going to more than one hundred human traffickers are behind bars or in investigative custody. and

the migrants who were traveling in these vehicles have ended up in camps run by the international organization for migration and to be sent back to their native countries. but. liberia. born may twenty fifth one thousand nine hundred three. with photos. and radio broadcaster sarah f.m. regularly reports on e.u. policy and its repercussions. we meet up with the editor in chief even him. he shows us photographs of people who have a dent lee died trying to reach europe. to see the migrant who was found dead in the vehicle of happen because they are blocking the only routes that can be traveled safely she must know our grandparents used to. have you on easter so

why the government of nigeria has refused to let you travel further into the desert . to have something to hide crush the sahara has become an open air cemetery syria is seamanship i see in. increasing numbers of people are dying in the desert because the main route is more strictly controlled a serious allegation. the government in may says the stricter controls are designed to protect people. the european union leads a mission in easier to train police eighty europeans work at their headquarters in the army twenty are posted in august is. their brief is to train local authorities in conducting more effective controls. the idea with danby to have an eye on that water point yet and that's what actually

the alternatives are doing so they are out there trying to you know go there but also it is difficult because they don't necessarily have the mobility they don't have it costs and. they sometimes stay i think even in belmont at the sound of many old only have one car and they have more car so that going more car so thanks to terminate so that is very good. germany has supplied more than two hundred vehicles we want to talk to german officers taking part in the u.k. up mission in film them work but our request is tonight. we share is a member of the west african economic union eco us similar to the e.u. its citizens enjoy a visa free travel across the blocks borders in theory. we've arrived at the border between the fossil it's located on the central migration route from west africa to europe and is therefore of interest to the e.u. . officially the e.u.

supports the freedom of movement in west africa but that no longer seems to be valid everywhere. across africa people travel from country to country usually between neighboring countries border traffic is nothing unusual. but the people here say it's becoming increasingly difficult. we need some people who are desperate to get to europe this man's destination is belgium. policeman i made it to new jersey then i was sent back by the police. they said would be risking their lives in the desert it's not normal. even if i die i have my dream that's the way it is because the secure. sickles on his home country ivory coast is a member of eco us in

a blizzard but you don't need a visa to post i don't normally you don't. and eco was member like my country in theory i don't need a visa. or the e.u. has achieved its goal of stemming the tide of migrants for now. the european union is going to great lengths to advance migration controls in africa. we take a closer look at these new strategies. in recent years some african countries have received more attention from europe than ever before. with more than eight billion euros earmarked for africa until two thousand and twenty brussels is flexing its foreign policy muscles. we propose to use a mix of positive and negative incentives to reward those countries willing to

cooperate effectively with us and to ensure that there are consequences for those who do not. this includes using our developments a trait. thank you very much. so that even giving some countries more development aid and expect something in return its focus is on the nations from which migrants and refugees are fleeing and those they cross trying to reach the mediterranean. the e.u. has also cut deals with countries it's long subjected to sanctions like sudan. for years president omar al bashir was an international pariah indicted by the international criminal court on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes in darfur. when he won reelection three years ago with an official ninety four percent of the vote visiting dignitaries included guests from egypt zimbabwe and saudi arabia there were no representatives from europe. instead of

congratulations brussels only voiced criticism. but a short while later it launched negotiations in two thousand and sixteen. as secret e.u. documents these clearly spell out the e.u.'s objective in cutting a deal with sudan to reduce onward movements to europe. the moral cost is evidently high. the e.u. should carefully consider the high reputational risk associated with its engagement with sudan. we fly to the sudanese capital. it took a long time for sudanese authorities to approve our visit but after persistent efforts we got visas. intelligence agents accompany us at all times when we're on location sudan is a surveillance state government critics face repression. the country was long

internationally isolated and ostracized. but recently sanctions have been lifted or loose and the west is rehabilitating the regime sudan is the third largest country in africa now controls along its seven thousand kilometer long borders are to be more strictly enforced. on the border with libya that protection is in part provided by the record support forces in two thousand and sixteen at the height of negotiations between sudan and the e.u. the r.s.s. presented seven hundred detained refugees the commander had a clear message. i underline the refugees is no danger to us these people are trying to reach europe. no there was so we are assisting there with. a little. general doug low and his division are notorious in sudan the unit was formed from the militias called the general weed which

translates as devils on horseback investigators in the hague say was their commander when on the president's orders they led a campaign of ethnic cleansing in darfur. now integrated into the army the same troops have been deployed by the government to the north as a border patrol force international human rights groups accuse the aura staff of abusing refugees and forcibly returning them to their home countries ethiopia and eritrea in violation of international refugee laws. the e.u. denies it cooperates with the r.s.s. . the spokesperson for sudan's cooperation with the e.u. is general. not affiliated with the r.s.s. he's in charge of border protection at the interior ministry. here arrives late to our meeting because he says he was held up in talks with e.u. project officials. stresses that sudan complies with

international standards in its treatment of refugees. we've heard a geisha and say against are is after and then off is there any truth about it or are you working on this as well no clue for us because we haven't got any new reports on the. but we have also want to go to the loo national commission on human rights those who have been understood. series of the borders we have to carry out a few years with the exam book to the to the comps but those who are of the. the irregular migrants so in collaboration with the converse is the issue of those arms of the commies and then we take them back up to the countries the one area that we are not getting the border control is equipment time skeptical to here

outlines a number of cooperation projects with the e.u. . there is a new operation center in khartoum contact with the german federal police and training conducted by the german agency for international cooperation the g.i.c. joseph is a man implement then they have implemented. c. or so but that's it's a german not for the years of who's supporting it they already started with trainings or anything he would have already started her that was to we. are seeing more than one hundred officers now. were not permitted to film g.r.i.z. representatives or their on site activities in writing the g.i.'s he confirms that its new duties include training security forces. they declined to sit down for an on camera interview. the e.u. mission in sudan is adamant that it does not cooperate with the orissa if it only

deals with other units and it will not be supplying sudan with hardware. there will be probably when this computer which will be delivered for his we sent or change information to the need to networks and. this sort of meant but the move so there when he says that he's waiting for us tonight probably there's a misunderstanding you know. now they are trying to get some things out they are too tiring to really sudanese. know v. counter effects or there is a lesion for years now and they want to engage with the international community did he want to get some more legitimacy and so we are

trying the ambassador believes sudan is on a road towards improvement and that includes its human rights situation he defends e.u. cooperation saying the focus is on development aid in education and employment. one of the authors of an reporters' worry that they engage with here and might strengthen and dictatorship that's the fundamental question but clearly we believe it's not by confrontations that you will improve the situation when you engage in dialogue we have a bit of a chance to make things and. this certainly is border with eritrea is about a ten hour drive south from the capital border patrols regularly catch refugees entering from eritrea. we accompany one patrol. the secret service

military and police working close cooperation here an officer of the secret service tells us. he's in charge here but avoids the camera. these regular troops have also been accused of human rights abuses. the border with eritrea is a six hundred kilometer long invisible line through the desert. it's strategically important five thousand people flee eritrea every month. nine million refugees currently live in the horn of africa sudan has been instructed to prevent them from setting off for europe. we have an appointment with the local police chief. one i learned a few thousand who are here you go gold in the pool and i've always maintained that as long as european nations other refugees destination and suffer from illegal migration they have to pay in the shape of transport modern surveillance equipment

modern vehicles even airplanes that can monitor the long borders into ethiopia and eritrea. who he thinks the police chief of claims representatives of the e.u. and individual member states had promised him more than. just something to give to you dimia who are owed what are they made a lot of promises. i can't say nothing has arrived but what we've received doesn't suffice given the current number of migrants admit here and all that comes to mind right now are a few motorcycles. motorcycles are the boats that you do them with a flake of i think that it will grow i think that it's on its way it takes time we want to know what happens to the people detained at the border and are granted permission to visit one of the big refugee camps near the eritrean border. it's located in no man's land a two hours drive from the nearest city. officially forty thousand people have

found shelter here most of them are eritreans who fled to escape a brutal. all story military service that can rob men and women of half of their lifetimes. at times eritrea's border guards have shot and killed people trying to flee. there are food shortages in the camp and many unaccompanied minors. we talk to women who tried to get across the border alone. will. just go home i want a good done and there were seven of us. we were being trailed by a band of smugglers. and we ran away from them five of us got away from the city but i was caught together with another girl and how did they locked us up for three days and raped us and then they took our money and set us free near the sudanese

border all of you the women don't want to stay here unless you have to and i want there's nothing here we don't want to stay in sudan our goal is to flee to europe so we can have a better life for instance by going to school and learning a new language just so we can have a better life and a lot of. the refugees are locked in officially they're not allowed to leave the camp without a pass but that's hard to obtain. sudan's roads are strewn with checkpoints where guards demand to see i.d.'s refugees say the only way to get through is with smugglers who have good connections to the authorities. they say sudanese and eritrean officers have their hands in the smuggling business. the sudanese interior ministry even admits as much and says it's combating such corruption. we spent months trying to obtain a visa from the eritrean government in vain. officials there evidently don't want

to discuss why so many of its people want to leave the country. eritrea is dubbed the north korea of africa many refugees say they're fleeing their own government today more than a million eritreans live outside the country the united nations has documented incidents it classifies says crimes against humanity men aren't slaved in the army women systematically raped it's to this dictatorship that europe has restamp lish ties. with. the e.u. wants to run programs in eritrea to instruct judges and prosecutors on how to bring suspected smugglers to trial. but how successful could that be. eritrea's intelligence agency is active across africa that's why this critic will only speak to us anonymously. if they catch people fleeing and the refugees survive the bullets fired at the border and they torture these people to death they

hang them up by the hearns and feet from trees. people are tortured to death. our informer was himself subjected to prolonged confinement he then managed to escape to another african country. he's an expert on eritrea smuggling network and levels serious charges at the authorities. the safest way to escape is with the smuggling network run by the military or the government. they organized the excursion and provide the vehicles on their man. usually a commander is sure a safe passage ensures that you get through the checkpoints and that no one asks any questions. anyone involved in smuggling is arrested and executed except the military there services carry a high price tag from twenty eleven to twenty sixth in the price was five thousand dollars per person today it's eight thousand per person.

government employees operating as smugglers can that be true. eritrean authorities deny the accusation. in the netherlands we meet up with a researcher who's published a comprehensive study on the trade in refugees from eritrea lariam for. the first thing to say is that human trafficking and this kill in a country that is so close and so controlled is not possible without the knowledge of the government in interviews refugees also speak often office that general mind use had in eastern sudan and basically controlling. a lot of abductions apparently that were happening from that that office the eritrean government took from rising to court over her allegations that she won

the case. she remains critical of eritrea and the e.u. basically what we are supporting is mafia type organizations which keep local. populations under control but is very strange about the european union policy is that for. all those decades the european union and i would say rightly so has put as conditions for its respect for human rights and respect for the more democracy and the rule of law. and now at this moment to act in many africans are thinking that that is very important to build their societies. the european union starts to. kind of put these aside it's to go into very cynical agreements purely out of

self-interest but it's a very shortsighted self-interest because at the end of the day that'll come back to us. cooperation with undemocratic governments refugees trapped in hopeless situations bodies in the desert. we want to confront those responsible for the e.u.'s new policy with its consequences. were meeting one of the blocks key strategists italy's stefano months are easy heads the european commission's department of international cooperation and development. will feel some european societies the problem is the pro is why it how we can assume there was a call to do. and european union. try to contribute in this way taking this a coach could quite courageous and say approach if you want so therefore the three

things a traditional route let's say structured a bit more input from the sale to the whole second institutional building and capacity of the states in order to be able to manage the territory fight against criminal network etc and third reintegration of the organization he's pragmatic in his defense of e.u. cooperation with dictatorships like sudan so therefore there is already a reality of camps therefore let's have them because if another wave stuff about you know there would be a problem if we partially close or get this if we leave open call for example work there would be simply the traffic therefore let's cooperate with them you know order to have a better management of this this better management however may be having serious repercussions we raise the subject of dead migrants in the knees year desert. all this is not immune from mistaken from unfortunately also people dying but

you're not to say that therefore this policy is rotten because it has unintended consequences which are pushing people to this in the chain of causality i denied but it can happen of course but we are taking care of these people. in the fall of twenty seventeen ivory coast hosted the summit of the european union and african union called to focus on youth advancement it was meant to be a harmonious affair. but the e.u. arrived with a wish list it wanted guarantees that african states would take back citizens whose applications for asylum in europe had been rejected. amid a lack of consensus the issue of migration overshadowed the summit. we sat down with the african union's director for social affairs. just because of european migration on. so you keep everybody else. on indeed figural sports shoots of the ball you see sometimes trying to do one i don't want to use you or deliberately but

i see just too long intended consequences because there are natural mind you will shoot off keep them all to keep them all topped off last cross in front of us is not a crime much how much we try to make you we all might get it from somewhere. in africa's migration is a motor for development citizens working abroad sent money home. in many countries that income is more crucial than development aid from europe. so. it's to see like i said it's our money going to break we'll. see if i'm a deli owner of my position and to see the benefits. i'm going to continue to see my original most positive and not some to maybe get you on perhaps a ticket to a weak spot to take the narrative a week from the right wing telling us we'll be able to. africans want more

migration europeans less than twenty seven thousand some it ended in discord and with no joint statement on the issue african nations were left feeling that europe was determined to seal itself off from their continent. frontex is in charge of doing just that we're on our way to the headquarters of the e.u. border security agency. when it was founded in two thousand and five frontex was allocated a budget of six point five six million euros for twenty twenty it's slated to get three hundred forty five million. the number of employees is slated to rise in the same period from forty five to one thousand frontex can also call on thousands of national police officers from backup across europe. x. doesn't just patrol the e use outer borders in the mediterranean it's also received new duties such as the training of border police in africa. and it has forged an alliance with

african intelligence agencies they had a front text tells us but as you know it's going to grow for. us yes it is our first goal is the exchange of information information pertaining to migration as well as crime or community. two thirds of the more than twenty participating countries in the security network are autocratic regimes from texas seeking to increase manpower and technology in african countries. show business and good minds arms i believe it's in the common entrance and of european and african countries. to build on these resources are all supposed to be. building on resources includes investing in technology the industry is ready and waiting in the wings we take a look around europe's biggest event for homeland security many people in paris.

border protection technology is the number one emerging segment in the arms industry. one reason technology to secure and control borders is easier to export then military hardware. will be on the wall yeah you know it's also good old x. well in europe there's frontex. we're expecting orders from the agencies and if you're trying to stop the border crossing was there are various types of technology available for surveillance control and alarm this is one of those along that while the capacity to solution is like a swiss army knife it's a saw you can choose the tools that meets your current need or it was a signal to keep you set up to have a clue what you mean the. border management is a booming business with global annual market growth of seven percent. sales in the industry are due to exceed fifty billion dollars worldwide by two

thousand and twenty two. one reason is increasing demand in the fight against irregular migration but nobody here is willing to discuss the topic with us airbus ryan mittal and industry groups decline or ignore our request for interviews. but we know their lobbyists are busy working behind the scenes thanks to the efforts of the arms industry's most important e.u. lobby organization the aerospace and defense industries association or. five hundred million euros of the e.u. budget have been diverted to fund research and development of new military technology. a surprise call former german minister for economic cooperation and development has granted us the first interview of his post political career he now works for germany's biggest arms producer. where he's in charge of global strategy development. you can secure thousands of kilometers of borders in libya and egypt

with foot patrols adequate protection demands the implementation of technology to. technological protection doesn't always take the shape of walls or fences technological protection can also comprise a sensor by a surveillance system ground radar or aerial objects. as a politician needle advocated a marriage of german industry with development policy. it's in europe's interest and if it's in germany's answers that such measures of protection are implemented then it must also be in europe's or germany's interest firstly to pay for these measures and secondly that the people who have to work with these technologies get the qualifications they need to operate them. strictly civilian technology firms are also hoping for a share of the profits in africa biometrics is the buzzword the dutch company can mount zero is the market leader a microchip storing fingerprints and photos is embedded in passports and verified

it borders. just movie is so this could propagate to remain closed for the person to be called over for control control and some sort of complete system the european union is funding the introduction of such technologies for instance in nigeria. this is this really slowed us down on the african market we have the situation that the market as such is virtually nonexistent while at the same time it's precisely there ipad sports complete systems civil registries need to be rolled out. on our trips we're constantly having our fingerprints scanned in pictures taken. africa's borders and airports are obviously getting an upgrade. pretty soon no one will be able to board a plane here without a biometric passport. like in many african countries uganda now

requires every citizen to undergo biometric registration. that applies to refugees as well as a requirement mandated by the government. the machines are supplied by european companies the aim is to prevent refugees from applying for asylum in more than one country in future the data will be accessible globally that would aid the e.u. in its efforts to repatriate rejected asylum seekers to their home countries. we want to find out what impact the e.u.'s new africa policy has had here. the need for foreign aid here in uganda is great but the money it receives doesn't amount to much. one point four million refugees live in the country. the north is home to the biggest refugee camps in africa. uganda depends on international aid and u.n. agencies in particular to provide these people with basic necessities but there are

problems. you know would you sell these no ten now of my dad would these two do that don't now finding that comes in and that's the reason as to why oftentimes they're able to bring in what they have. and that even though uganda's refugee policy is considered exemplary these are not camps in which refugees sit around idly these are settlements. refugees building materials are donations they can move freely around the country they're allowed and encouraged to find work. but the situation is deteriorating there is a shortage of everything food schools teachers doctors the e.u. is one of uganda as biggest donors yet it now spends less on each refugee here than it used to at the same time the transit countries that lie on refugees route to europe are getting more funding under brussels new policy. uganda feels it's losing

out. there is to be god caliente according to. the funding. disposes of our own site to five percent utopian humans key about even. increasing the company. we continue to appeal but we don't know what to do. the un refugee agency is also feeling the pinch as a result of brussels new policy in africa. negotiating with the. view to optimize refugee policy is the job of this man. you can look at the situation from different viewpoints it's wrong to say that the problem is solved because fewer people are arriving in italy or more because more people are leaving libya to return to their home countries. that is just the heart

of the problem the problem of waste the problem remains because it controls of become more strictly enforced and some borders on routes to libya and it's now become much more difficult to get there and the smugglers take much higher risks because there are more people being left stranded in the desert we now have a lot more people dying in the desert probably more than we have drowning in the mediterranean i mean johnny sutton. says africans are the main losers of the e.u.'s new policy. see it don't you wait the more money is being spent on border protection would have done an effect of developments in a particular country that unfortunately was perceived a surge in the balance d.c. keyed in we talk a lot about controlling and preventing illegal migration but what we don't see is any funding of legal migration small deep and sees what i mean but every side needs to take compromises. the policy cannot come down to expecting africa to shoulder all of the bird without offering people any opportunities. at. illegal entry

into europe for more than just a few thousand selected refugees is something the african union is also demanding and it has its own plans for inner african migration. one hundred eighty five percent of my response is within africa. that's an established far however starting from twenty in. the it continent would be put in place if you know if free movement protocol which is in three fights to foster. a bushel of research and mesh one is arrested it i mean the nest fish is all right a first obviously sought out and we have put in money meant of migration on the continent in a more legal framework. to watch if. it's sick it's incumbent upon our european partners with the our own experience to also support those but not to undermine it or because of disparate policies to keep people out. but the e.u.

steadfastly rejects this claims. he seems to me quite a complex reasoning that if we have managing and helping them in order to list say manage their space you know for their own purpose not only our show that it's something they're their project that if you say i work with africa's hansie as seen from the coal industry a friend offered. my african friends. eat what you say the e.u. diplomat stands by his position he sees migration as a threat to europe's future. if turned into a feature. africa. europe will remain subject to the same pressure. has achieved its goal the number of migrants arriving in europe is falling. but the consequences of its

policy are dire the e.u. is deepening ties to regimes with. records. under threat it's becoming increasingly difficult to seek protection and work beyond their own borders. go team politics. keep learning march to reality wait a second we want the whole picture facts instead of make ideas shift deliver us. from other reality to cryptocurrency your topics for live in an ever changing

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