On our Alarmphone meeting, a conference of EU and African governments on migration, taking place on the 11th and 12th of November in Malta, was mentioned, and we decided that we should try at least to write a statement and discuss this on the AEI-meeting end of October in Berlin. I just looked at official statements concerning this conference and found that the introduction refers directly to the deaths of migrants on the Mediterranean Sea in the middle of April. It would be good if at least a small action could take place (and we know a journalist who could report about it), but up to now, we only got to know from contacts in Malta that actions would not be allowed.
If anybody knows people/organisations who are planning something and/or writing a declaration, please answer!
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Introduction
The tragic incident in the Mediterranean on 19th April, in which again hundreds of migrants lost
their lives, called for immediate action by the European Union. On 23 April, the European Council
held a special meeting on the migration situation in the Mediterranean and adopted a Statement in
which EU leaders decided: to strengthen the European presence at sea, to fight smugglers and
traffickers in accordance with international law, to prevent irregular migration flows and to
reinforce internal solidarity and responsibility. Key actions identified by the European Council to
prevent irregular migration flows included: increasing support to key countries to monitor and
control the land borders and routes; building on existing regional cooperation frameworks (Rabat
and Khartoum processes); using all available tools to implement readmission agreements and to
promote readmission of unauthorised economic migrants, as well as stepping up dialogue with the
African Union and key countries, including through the holding of an ad hoc Summit in Valletta