The 5th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development kicked off Wednesday in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.
It is a conference that brings together ministers and high level representatives from 60 countries in Africa and Europe as well as the European Commission and the Commission of the Economic community of West African states.
It is a high level conference that discusses various issues related to migration and defines the priority actions for co-operation during the period 2018-2020.It is also part of the Euro-African Ministerial Dialogue on Migration and Development, also known as the Rabat process.
The conference is expected to adopt a multi-annual co-operation program as well as the Marrakech Declaration on migration and its action plan.
The latest Euro-African Conference on Migration and Development was held in Rome, Italy in November 2014, while the first conference took part in July 2006 in Rabat.
