Press Release: New measures proposed to improve stability and tackle the root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa

The European Commission announced on 14 January 2016 the adoption on 10 measures to assist the Sahel region under the ‘Emergency Trust Fund for Africa for stability and addressing the root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa’.

These measures, worth more than EUR 100 million in total, were adopted following the Valletta Summit in November 2015 and the Ndjamena Summit on the same month. They correspond to actions that the European Union and its African partners undertook to implement by the end of 2016 in the joint Action Plan adopted at the Valletta Summit.

This package followed the one approved in December 2015 for the Horn of Africa. Other measures aimed at the subregion as well as North Africa were set to be presented for approval in the following weeks.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: President Juncker launches the EU Emergency Trust Fund to tackle root causes of irregular migration in Africa http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-president-juncker-launches-the-eu-emergency-trust-fund-to-tackle-root-causes-of-irregular-migration-in-africa/

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/16/69, 14.01.16: Ten new measures adopted to improve stability and tackle the root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-69_en.htm

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