28 November 2018

African Union, EU and IOM discuss sustainable reintegration of migrants

On 27 and 28 November 2018, the African Union (AU) and the EU held a Technical Workshop on Sustainable Reintegration of migrants in Addis Ababa, with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). To respond to the rise in irregular migratory flows over the recent years, the EU, the UN and the AU have put in place concrete measures to assist people on the move, address underlying reasons for migration and assist migrants returning to their countries of origin. European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, commented: “The EU’s migration agenda is comprehensive, balanced and broad. Our support for sustainable reintegration must be well-devised and meet returnees’ needs, so they can start afresh. Through the EU Trust Fund for Africa, the EU has invested €345 million in the protection, return and reintegration of migrants in Africa, (…) So far, through the EU-IOM Joint Initiative, we have helped more than 55 000 migrants rebuild their lives.” As part of the work of the AU-EU-UN taskforce on the situation of Migrants in Libya, participants exchanged good practices, identified challenges and lessons learned, and looked at what more can be done to achieve sustainable reintegration of migrants returning to their home countries from various regions.

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