Migration is increasingly becoming a hot topic for Africa-Europe engagement, particularly in the light of increased irregular migration to Europe from Africa in the recent years.
Despite having started several processes to jointly deal with migration, more consistently since 2007, there are still great differences in understanding of the issue, priorities and how to best address challenges and opportunities of migration between Europe and Africa.
These differences exist not only between the two continents but they also emerge between countries depending on whether they are countries of origin, transit or recipient. This may be a challenge for a successful outcome and implementation of the EU-Africa Summit on migration that has, in the meantime, been held in Valletta, Malta on 11 and 12 November 2015.
In an effort to contribute towards a successful outcome of the Valletta-Summit, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) and European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) co-hosted a pre-summit seminar in Addis Ababa on the 21st of October 2015. That seminar brought together relevant representatives from the African Union (AU), the EU Delegation to the AU, Representatives of European and African states, UN organisations, experts and civil society organisations to discuss this topic in an informal and constructive manner.
The seminar-report entitled “Making Migration beneficial to Europe and Africa”, has been published. It provides a summary of key outcomes and recommendations from the discussions. >> Read
Ben Khumalo-Seegelken.
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