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Europe Slams Its Gates: Imperiling Africa – And Its Own Soul

FP’s special investigation examines Europe’s desperate campaign to barricade itself against African migration — and the policies’ unintended consequences.

Nearly There, but Never Further Away

Europe has outsourced the dirty work of border control to Libyan militias. In doing so, it has turned African migrants into commodities to be captured, sold, and traded like slaves.

Peter Tinti<p> Peter Tinti is a freelance journalist based in Mali. Follow him on Twitter at @petertinti. </p>

SPECIAL REPORT

Highway Through Hell

The human-smuggling route across the Sahara may have been the deadliest on Earth. Then the EU paid Niger’s army to shut it down — and made it even more treacherous.

My Smuggler, My Savior

They’re migrants’ only chance of making it safely across the Sahara. They’re also outlaws engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse with Niger’s military.

Podcasts

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Europe Slams Its Gates (Part One)

European aid intended to combat African migration may just be making the problem worse.
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Is U.S. Immigration Policy Worse Than It’s Ever Been?

Suketu Mehta and Becca Heller talk President Trump, the real economy of immigration, and getting trolled by Ann Coulter.
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The “Lady, You Can Drive Your Car” Edition

Saudi women will get the right to drive … in 2018. Maybe.
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Who Is the Real Winner in Germany?

Merkel went silent as the AfD went viral.
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Staring Down the Barrel of Russia’s Big Guns

The massive Zapad 2017 military exercise proves once again that Putin never does anything small. But what’s he really after here?
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The “Age of Flynnocence” Edition

Do legal defense funds accept rubles?
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Trump vs. The World

The president delivers his first U.N. address Tuesday. Which version of Trump will show up—the bully or the dealmaker?
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Inside Afghanistan’s Most Dangerous Corner

What reporting from Afghanistan’s unruliest province signals about the future of the country, the influence of Iran and Pakistan, and whether Trump’s mini-surge will make a difference in the longest…