2015 Valletta Summit on Migration concluded

The two days Valletta Summit 2015 on Migration was concluded on 12 November that was held in Valletta, Malta.

Participants

• 65 heads of governments/high level policy makers from Europe and Africa.
• Officials from the UN and various organizations of the European Union

Priority areas for Action Plan:

• Addressing the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement
• Legal migration and mobility
• Protection and asylum, the
• Fight against people smuggling
• Return, readmission and reintegration

Highlights of Summit

• The European Union launched an emergency fund for Africa with an initial $2 billion to combat the poverty and conflict driving migration to Europe.
• 16 initiatives to be launched before the end of 2016 to implement the Action Plan within 5 priority domains.
• The existing mechanisms of the Rabat Process, the Khartoum Process and of Joint EU-Africa Strategy will be used to monitor implementation.
• The European Investment Bank will provide financing to support the re-establishment of the conditions for self-sustaining economic growth and the development of human capital in Africa.

Keys
Malta Capital – Valletta
Malta Currency – Euro
Malta PM – Joseph Muscat
Malta President – Marie Louise Coleiro Preca