Moves to tackle African migrants

On 10-11 July 2006, at the initiative of Spain, Morocco and France, nearly 60 African and European
countries, including all EU Member States and the European Commission, met in Rabat to
discuss migration and development in the context of the persistent crisis of irregular migration from
Africa to Europe. The conference was set to take concrete short-term measures to stem the flow of migrants from sub-Saharan African countries trying to cross to Europe, in balance with a long-term approach to address the structural causes of migration, on the basis of partnership between the countries of origin, transit and destination.
At the meeting European and African countries agreed a plan to tackle illegal immigration.

• Primary Source

BBC News, 11.7.06: Countries agree migration plans http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5169736.stm

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/06/449 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/449&format=HTML&aged=0&language=FR&guiLanguage=en

BBC News, 11.7.06: Migrants' scant hopes for summit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5168682.stm

BBC News, 14.7.06: Chirac warns of 'African flood' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5181080.stm

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