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HOW DOES THE EU COOPERATE WITH AFRICA ON MIGRATION?
Continental level: Africa-EU Migration, Mobility and Employment Partnership EU-Africa Summits
Regional level: Rabat Process Khartoum Process Regional Development and Protection Programmes
in North Africa and the Horn of Africa
Bilateral level: With Cape Verde, Morocco and Tunisia: Mobility Partnerships With Nigeria: Common Agenda on Migration and Mobility
(CAMM) NEW: A CAMM with Ethiopia at the Valletta Summit
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ADDITIONAL COOPERATION WITH AFRICAN COUNTRIES
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Trafficking in human beings
Remittances Diaspora Mobility and labour migration
including intra-African mobility International protection including internally displaced persons
Irregular migration
EU-AFRICA MIGRATION AND MOBILITY DIALOGUE AT CONTINENTAL LEVEL
PRIORITIES OF THE 2014-2017 ACTION PLAN
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COOPERATION AT REGIONAL LEVEL
Rabat Process
Launched in 2006
Policy dialogue with countries along the western migratory route
Enhance dialogue and cooperation on migration
Identify common priorities in order to develop operational and practical cooperation
Project example €26 million under 10th European Development Fund to support free movement of people in West Africa
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Khartoum Process
Launched in November 2014
EU Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative
Enhancing the current cooperation
Address trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants
Financial support €17.5 million under the Pan-African Programme; additional initiatives planned
COOPERATION AT REGIONAL LEVEL
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COOPERATION AT REGIONAL LEVEL
Sahel Regional Action Plan 2015-2020
Adopted in April 2015
Framework for the EU Strategy for Security and Development in the Sahel
Prevention and countering radicalisation
Creation of appropriate conditions for youth
Migration, mobility and border management
Fight against illicit trafficking and transnational organised crime
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COOPERATION AT REGIONAL LEVEL
EU Horn of Africa Regional Action Plan
Adopted in October 2015
EU Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa
Resolve and prevent conflict
Foster lasting security, stability, development and good governance based on the democratic principles of inclusion, rule of law and respect for human rights
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COOPERATION AT BILATERAL LEVEL
Does not include the negotiation of visa facilitation and readmission agreements
Mainly used for other third countries
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Negotiated once a certain level of progress has been achieved in the migration and mobility dialogues
Includes the negotiation of visa facilitation and readmission agreements
Mainly used vis-à-vis neighbourhood countries
Mobility partnership Common agenda on migration and mobility
Important frameworks for policy dialogue and operational cooperation on asylum and migration issues.
COOPERATION AT BILATERAL LEVEL
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MOBILITY PARTNERSHIP
Legal migration and mobility A better framework for legal migration and mobility Informing on opportunities for legal migration and on
requirements for legal stay Institutional and administrative capacity-building of partner
countries’ authorities Fight against irregular migration and trafficking in human beings; border management
Improving the fight against migrant smuggling Development of effective mechanisms and concrete
initiatives Improving border surveillance, border management
capacities and cross-border cooperation
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MOBILITY PARTNERSHIP
Migration and development Support for voluntary return and sustainable reintegration
of returning migrants Promotion of legal and concrete measures Promoting the role of (and cooperation with) diasporas
Asylum and international protection Support to the development of a legal and institutional
framework on asylum Capacity-building of partner countries’ authorities to
develop and implement an asylum policy Promoting the cooperation between the national
authorities competent for asylum procedures in third countries and their peers in the EU Member States
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COMMON AGENDA ON MIGRATION AND MOBILITY
Four priority areas
International protection and refugees' needs
Legal migration and mobility
Irregular migration, smuggling and trafficking in human beings
Development policy
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NEW: European Union and Ethiopia sign Common Agenda on Migration and Mobility at the Valletta Summit
This reflects the importance of Ethiopia as a key country of origin, transit and destination of irregular migrants and refugees
EXAMPLES OF EU-FUNDED PROJECTS
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The Valletta Summit: called by the European Council in April 2015 to discuss migration issues with African and other key countries concerned.
EU DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN AFRICA
The Emergency Trust Fund for Africa – one of the main deliverables
Tackling the root causes of migration
Over €20 billion development aid from the EU and EU Member States every year
Increased cooperation between Europe and Africa, based on partnership and shared responsibility
Both continents share a commitment to improve migration management
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Need for an Action Plan to step up cooperation on migration, including concrete actions in order to:
maximise the development benefits of migration and address root causes
better organise legal channels for migration and mobility
ensure international protection for migrants and asylum seekers
intensify the fight against criminal networks engaged in migrant smuggling and human trafficking
step up our cooperation on return and readmission
EU DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN AFRICA
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€1.8 billion from European Union financing instruments – to be complemented by contributions from EU Member States and other donors
So far, 24 EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland have announced a total contribution of €71.2 million
EU EMERGENCY TRUST FUND FOR AFRICA
TACKLING THE ROOT CAUSES OF IRREGULAR MIGRATION IN AFRICA
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Regions benefiting from the fund:
the Sahel region and Lake Chad area
the Horn of Africa
the North of Africa
neighbouring countries for related cross-border challenges
The Trust Fund is a complementary tool to the EU's already existing development cooperation in the region
EU EMERGENCY TRUST FUND FOR AFRICA
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