EU and IOM launch initiative for migrant protection and reintegration in Africa along the Central Mediterranean migration routes

EU News 411/2016

Brussels, 15 December 2016

Today the European Union, through the EU Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), the governments of Germany and Italy, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have launched a new initiative to support African countries in responding to the urgent protection needs and tragic loss of life of migrants along the Central Mediterranean migration routes and in strengthening migration governance. The new "EU Trust Fund for Africa and IOM initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration of Returnees along the Central Mediterranean migration routes", benefiting from a €100 million allocation, will cover the Sahel and Lake Chad region and neighbouring countries, including Libya.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-4404_en.htm?locale=en

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