Ministers and representatives from 60 EU and African countries, as
well as regional and international organizations, are meeting on
10-11 July in Rabat to discuss migration and development issues.




The event, hosted by the government of the Kingdom of Morocco, will
allow participants to discuss cooperative approaches in the field
of migration and development to better combat irregular migration,
develop African economies, and facilitate legal migration.



Links between migration and development will be discussed in the
context of development assistance to areas with a high emigration
potential. Participants will also discuss ways to involve migrants
in the sustainable development of their countries of origin through
the transfer of skilled human resources, remittances, investments,
and micro-credit schemes.



Discussions in Rabat will also focus on ways to organize labour
migration in the region with an emphasis on access to labour
markets for regular migrants in EU countries.



“Setting up regional partnerships to maximize the benefits of
migration for development is the best way to fight irregular
migration and its effects,” says IOM Director General Brunson
McKinley who will address the conference. “This conference
comes at a crucial moment as thousands of undocumented migrants
desperately try to reach the EU and many of them die trying to do
so.”



For further information in Rabat, please call:



Redouane Saadi

Tel: + 41 79 635 2280

E-mail: "mailto:rsaadi@iom.int" target="_blank" title="">rsaadi@iom.int