CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The European Union has given the International Organization for Migration hundreds of millions of dollars to help tens of thousands of African migrants return from failed journeys to Europe and support them back home.

But The Associated Press interviewed several of the returnees in Gambia and Guinea and saw a WhatsApp group of dozens more who say they’ve received little or nothing of the promised economic and other support.

Migration experts assert that the IOM, a United Nations-affiliated organization, isn’t giving enough help to people who are often traumatized by migration attempts. Desperation could fuel new attempts. The IOM says it is concerned to hear that people are left waiting but can’t speak about individual cases.

The EU didn’t provide details about wh

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