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EU unable to retrieve €150m paid to Tunisia despite links to rights violations
Concerns are growing that funds from the migration deal are connected to abuses by the repressive regime in Tunis
The EU will be unable to claw back any of the €150m (£125m) paid to Tunisia despite the money being increasingly linked to human rights violations, including allegations that sums went to security forces who raped migrant women.
The European Commission paid the amount to the Tunis government in a controversial migration and development deal, despite concerns that the north African state was increasingly authoritarian and its police largely operated with impunity.
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