The 15th Plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean focuses its debates on the challenges of migrants and refugees in the region

February 15, 2019
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The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, participated in the 6th Summit of Presidents of Parliament and the 15th Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the UfM (PA-UfM), which took place in Strasbourg on the 13th and 14th February.

The annual gathering of the 280 members of the Parliamentary Assembly focused its debates on the important topic of “the challenges of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean”.

The Secretary General recalled that “Migration” is an important part of the political dialogue within the framework of the UfM, as referred by the “UfM Roadmap for Action” endorsed by Ministers of Foreign Affairs in January 2017, and that the UfM is continuously involved in relevant migration-related initiatives in the region, notably by focusing on its root-causes.

 

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The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

Countries covered:

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Palestine *
  • Syria *
  • Tunisia