EU’s new strategy for Africa sees jobs, security, as to stemming illegal migration

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As migrants try to cross the Mediterranean into Europe, opportunities are being planned to stop the perilous trips. PHOTO | AFP

The European Union is proposing increased focus on job creation and security in Africa as a long-term strategy to tame illegal migration from the continent.

In a new EU-Africa strategy announced on Thursday, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said the five-point strategy will be specific on improving the conditions of living in Africa, and hence discourage the urge to cross borders illegally.