European Commission supports improved South-South migration management

Launch of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Observatory on Migration: European Commission supports improved South-South migration management

On 25 October 2010, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Observatory on Migration will be officially launched at a special ceremony in Brussels, in presence of Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs. The European Commission and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries worked together to create the ACP Observatory on Migration. This new body will provide reliable data and information on migration flows in ACP countries. The objective is to design better policies to enhance the migration contribution to development. The Observatory will cover all six ACP regions and start in twelve pilot countries, namely Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, Papua-New-Guinea, Senegal, Tanzania, Timor-Leste and Trinidad and Tobago.

Please find the full text of the Press Release at the following link: 
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1370&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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Kind regards,

 
Kouridaki Marianna 
Secretary to Catherine Ray 
Spokesperson for Development 
(Commissioner Andris Piebalgs)