On Tuesday 30 May, the day the European Commission presented its draft budget for 2018 (see EUROPE 11798), the NGO Oxfam expressed alarm that a substantial share of the funding planned for financing development aid has been converted into funding intended for migration control.
Oxfam points out that heading 4 of the EU budget, "The EU as a Global Player" (€9.593 billion), which finances external action, has been cut by €232 million (-5.6%) to the benefit of a margin in the budget to be...