As President Joe Biden travels abroad this week, he is sure to hear about Europe’s own response to migration, and how the European Union has also tried to slow it down by injecting international aid in places those people are fleeing from — similar to how the US is approaching migration from Central America. But has that worked? We hear more from Geneva-based analyst Roberto Forin, with the Mixed Migration Centre, which is also a part of the Danish Refugee Council.
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