EU, African Leaders Agree to Cooperate on Migration & Development

Meeting in Tripoli recently, European and African government ministers laid out a concrete plan of cooperation on the related issues of migration and development.  Identifying poverty and underdevelopment as the fundamental causes of migration within and from Africa, the Ministers declared that "well-managed migration is of benefit to both Africa and the EU and, within the wider EU-African partnership, can help with the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals."

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