EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and the European Commission yesterday put forward a number of additional measures to strengthen the EU’s work along this route, in particular with and around Libya. They focus on fighting human smuggling and trafficking networks, helping to manage migratory flows more effectively, continuing to save lives at sea and improving the living conditions of migrants and refugees in Libya and neighbouring countries.
“It is essential that we all do more, all, meaning all together. This is why we presented today jointly a package of additional concrete measures to contribute to the Malta Summit discussion of the Heads of State and Government and to suggest concrete actions that can be done and that can bring some positive results with an envelope of EUR 200 million for 2017 to support these concrete actions,” said Mogherini.
Key objectives of the proposals include:
“The real long-term solution lies in two difficult things to achieve but on which we are working daily. On one side, peace and stability in Libya … And, on the other side, the real solution comes with the economic development of Africa and here also our daily work is going on with the Migration Compacts we are implementing with 5 key countries [Senegal, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Mali], with the [European] External Investment Plan, with the Trust Funds and the Valetta Summit that we had last year with the African partners,” added Mogherini
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