SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration

Seven European and African countries announce action plan to tackle migration flows to EU

Brussels, 28/08/2017 (Agence Europe)

In a joint statement published in Paris on Monday 28 August, the leaders of France, Germany, Spain and Italy and Chad, Niger and Libya undertook to step up their efforts to contain migration flows to the EU by Libya and to promote development prospects in the African countries of origin and transit.

Invited to Paris by Emanuel Macron of France, Angela Merkel of Germany, Mariano Rajoy of Spain and Italy's Paolo Gentiloni, Idriss Deby Itno of Chad, Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger and the head of...