Maite Vermeulen (The Netherlands) is one of the founding editors of the online media platform De Correspondent.

Maite covered development, conflict and migration stories all over the world and lived in Lagos, Nigeria. She previously studied Liberal Arts & Sciences at University College in Utrecht and Conflict, Security and Development at King's College London. Before this, she worked as an editor at nrc.next.

Maite Vermeulen

Basic information

Name
Maite Vermeulen
Title
Journalist
Expertise
Conflict and Development
Country
Netherlands
City
Amsterdam

Supported projects

Tracking the European Union’s migration millions

  • Data Journalism
  • Migration
  • Trafficking

BRUSSELS - The Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) is the European Union's largest funding mechanism for development, stability and migration in Africa. Over the past three years it has spent 4,6 billion euro in 26 African countries. This money, however, has not been spent following the proper public procurement laws of the EU.