Africa, Europe join forces to stem illegal migration
Ethiopian migrants stranded in Tanzania await repatriation by the UN migration agency IOM in June 2018. Africa and Europe have renewed their pact to curb irregular migration, strengthening cooperation on border control and anti-trafficking.
Member States of the African and European blocs have agreed to join forces to curb illegal migration, a phenomenon that records a high number of Africans looking to Europe as the land flowing with milk and honey.
Data from the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies suggests that there is a sharp decline in African irregular migration to Europe. This, according to the centre, reflects stepped up European Union-funded efforts in North Africa (Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt) and West Africa (Senegal and Mauritania).
