{"id":3921,"date":"2025-08-27T10:09:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:09:05","slug":"mauritania-migrant-abuse-eu-complicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cradior.com\/?p=3921","title":{"rendered":"Mauritania Accused of Mass Migrant Abuses with EU and Spain Complicity, Says Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A landmark <strong>Human Rights Watch<\/strong> (HRW) report reveals serious human rights violations against migrants in <strong>Mauritania<\/strong> from <strong>2020 to early 2025<\/strong>, with <strong>EU and Spanish migration cooperation<\/strong> indirectly fueling the abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Widespread Abuse Documented<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the 142-page HRW investigation titled <em>\u201cThey Accused Me of Trying to Go to Europe\u201d<\/em>, Mauritanian security forces\u2014including the police, coast guard, navy, army, and gendarmerie\u2014carried out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Torture, rape, sexual harassment<\/strong>, and racist treatment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arbitrary arrests<\/strong> and <strong>inhumane detention<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Extortion<\/strong>, theft, and mass <strong>collective expulsions<\/strong> without legal process<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2025\/08\/27\/mauritania-years-of-migration-control-abuses?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Witness accounts describe horrific brutality\u2014one Liberian migrant, <strong>Marco Gibson<\/strong>, said he was beaten with sticks and a rubber whip and then abandoned near the volatile Mali border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EU and Spain\u2019s Role in the Crisis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>HRW links these abuses to European policies that outsource migration control to Mauritania:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>EU<\/strong> signed a <strong>\u20ac210 million migration agreement<\/strong> with Mauritania in 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spain<\/strong> increased bilateral support and deployed its security forces to assist in border control operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EU and Spanish funds, equipment, and training helped empower Mauritanian authorities\u2014<strong>without strong human rights safeguards<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The report states these deals \u201cintensified abuses\u201d while providing cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps Toward Reform\u2014But More Needed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Some positive developments include Mauritania\u2019s new <strong>May 2025 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)<\/strong> for migrant disembarkation and a ban on collective expulsions, which the government and EU have highlighted as signs of progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet HRW urges further action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EU and Spain must <strong>prioritize human rights<\/strong> in all migration cooperation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safeguards must be strengthened, and projects should be <strong>suspendable if rights are violated<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accountability and oversight must be enhanced to prevent further abuses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why This Matters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This report confirms what earlier investigative journalism and watchdogs had suggested: European migration policies have shifted control\u2014and responsibility\u2014onto vulnerable nations, sometimes enabling abuses at the expense of human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As migration pressures grow, <strong>EU and Mauritania must ensure protection\u2014not repression\u2014for people on the move<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A landmark Human Rights Watch (HRW) report reveals serious human rights violations against migrants in Mauritania from 2020 to early 2025, with EU and Spanish migration cooperation indirectly fueling the abuses. 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