The 28 want "more efforts" to reduce irregular migrant arrivals
The leaders of 28 EU member states are expected to ask to become "more efforts" to reduce the arrivals and accelerate the repatriation of irregular immigrants from African countries through "agreements" with African governments at the summit today and tomorrow in Brussels .
Following the agreement concluded with Turkey in March, which drastically reduced the refugee and migrant arrivals in Greece, the EU aims to conclude "pacts on migration" with five countries that give priority to Africa (Niger, Nigeria , Ethiopia, Mali and Senegal).
The head of the EU diplomacy Federica Mogkerini today presented to the leaders of the 28 initial review of preparations for such agreements, considering that it has already been "more progress in the last months than what the last few years."
According to the draft conclusions of the summit, which was aware of the French Agency, leaders want the Mogkerini present them at the next European Council in December, "the first results obtained in terms of arrivals and returns."
"More efforts are needed to reduce the number of irregular immigrants, particularly from Africa, and to improve the ratio of return" them to their home countries, according to the text of the draft.
For this purpose can be used as levers all the "instruments and tools" at European level, including initiatives' development and trade "even mentioned in the text.
When Mogkerini, such agreements will be "mutually beneficial" for the EU and African states, in particular by helping to create employment opportunities for their citizens and to prevent migration be their unique perspective.
These agreements are expected to be "ready" to be signed before spring, the period resumed the dangerous Mediterranean crossing attempts after the winter, he said a European official.
The migratory route from the Libyan coast to Italy has once again become the main route to Europe in recent months, after journeys fell in the Aegean. The pressure does not decrease for Italy, where they have counted more than 142,000 arrivals from the beginning of the year, when data from the International Organization for Migration, which were made public in early October.
The conclusions of the summit should also include the call for Member States to "increase their efforts to accelerate offshoring" of refugees from Italy and Greece to other countries. This policy, which is far from achieving the targets set a year ago, encountered stiff resistance from governments of countries that oppose the redistribution system of refugees under compulsory quotas proexarchousis Hungary.
The leaders of 28 EU member states are expected to ask to become "more efforts" to reduce the arrivals and accelerate the repatriation of irregular immigrants from African countries through "agreements" with African governments at the summit today and tomorrow in Brussels .
Following the agreement concluded with Turkey in March, which drastically reduced the refugee and migrant arrivals in Greece, the EU aims to conclude "pacts on migration" with five countries that give priority to Africa (Niger, Nigeria , Ethiopia, Mali and Senegal).
The head of the EU diplomacy Federica Mogkerini today presented to the leaders of the 28 initial review of preparations for such agreements, considering that it has already been "more progress in the last months than what the last few years."
According to the draft conclusions of the summit, which was aware of the French Agency, leaders want the Mogkerini present them at the next European Council in December, "the first results obtained in terms of arrivals and returns."
"More efforts are needed to reduce the number of irregular immigrants, particularly from Africa, and to improve the ratio of return" them to their home countries, according to the text of the draft.
For this purpose can be used as levers all the "instruments and tools" at European level, including initiatives' development and trade "even mentioned in the text.
When Mogkerini, such agreements will be "mutually beneficial" for the EU and African states, in particular by helping to create employment opportunities for their citizens and to prevent migration be their unique perspective.
These agreements are expected to be "ready" to be signed before spring, the period resumed the dangerous Mediterranean crossing attempts after the winter, he said a European official.
The migratory route from the Libyan coast to Italy has once again become the main route to Europe in recent months, after journeys fell in the Aegean. The pressure does not decrease for Italy, where they have counted more than 142,000 arrivals from the beginning of the year, when data from the International Organization for Migration, which were made public in early October.
The conclusions of the summit should also include the call for Member States to "increase their efforts to accelerate offshoring" of refugees from Italy and Greece to other countries. This policy, which is far from achieving the targets set a year ago, encountered stiff resistance from governments of countries that oppose the redistribution system of refugees under compulsory quotas proexarchousis Hungary.
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