27/11/2020 (Agence Europe) – The development NGO ONE, which campaigns against extreme poverty, was outraged on Thursday 26 November that the European Parliament, in adopting the 'Tobé' report, had advocated making development aid conditional on the cooperation of beneficiary countries in migration management (see EUROPE 12609/7). “Development aid should not come with conditions linked to political objectives to restrict migration flows. It is very disappointing to see Members of the European Parliament turned their back to the most fragile populations who will suffer as a direct result of this decision”, according to Brandon Locke of ONE. He deplores this sudden change of approach at the worst possible moment: “With up to 100 million people forecasted to be pushed into extreme poverty as a consequence of the pandemic, development aid needs to be focused on solutions to fight extreme poverty, strengthen health systems, and create decent jobs”. (AN)