00:00Belgium Migration Minister Annelien van Bussert has told Euronews that the EU should use development
00:06aid as a strategic tool to increase migrant returns.
00:10Belgium is already implementing this tit-for-tat approach.
00:13When in discussion with third countries, it ties funding, as well as visa policies, to
00:19cooperation on migration policy.
00:21Belgium justifies this because many irregular migrants ignore orders to leave.
00:26Only one in five people who have to return to their home country returns.
00:32So what do we do at national level?
00:34We have decided that we will have a whole-of-government approach.
00:38So what do we mean by that?
00:39It's that we will relate development aid with the way in which the countries of origin take
00:45back their nationals, for example.
00:48So they have to take back in order to receive development aid?
00:51For example, indeed, also visa policy can be linked to it.
00:56Van Bussert believes, however, that to increase the impact of such moves, European support
01:01is vital.
01:02As part of its proposals for the EU's 2028-2034 budget, the Commission wants to make development
01:10aid conditional on recipient countries cooperating with Brussels' migration policies, including
01:16by accepting people ordered to return.
01:18I'm convinced of the fact that if we would do that at European level, we have much more
01:25leverage towards the countries of origin to use, and that's why we really need this European
01:32cooperation.
01:33And do you see political appetite amongst your European counterparts for this?
01:37Of course.
01:38We see that spirits are changing also at European level.
01:42The approach has been criticised as undermining development goals.
01:47Policy experts and NGOs point out that this very aid helps reduce migration by improving
01:52the quality of life in countries of origin, and warned that the move could damage the EU's
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