c. The partnership instituted by this Declaration sets out to manage the
migratory flows between countries of origin, transit and destination, in an
optimum fashion and in a spirit of shared responsibility.
d. In addition to structural development issues, this partnership will also
address the migratory phenomenon from all points of view deemed relevant by
the partner countries, such as:
• making better use of the potential of legal migration and its
beneficial effects on the development of countries of origin and host
countries,
• enhancing the capacity of countries of origin and transit and
destination to manage migratory flows in their entirety,
• developing awareness campaigns,
• facilitating the movement of workers and people,
• implementing an active policy of integration for legal migrants and
combating exclusion, xenophobia and racism,
• controlling borders, and
• fighting against illegal migration, including readmission of illegal
migrants, and trafficking in human beings.
e. This partnership will be pragmatic and operational, as demonstrated by the
concrete translation of all these elements into an Action Plan which has been
agreed by all the participants and is annexed to this Declaration.
We commit, fully aware of our responsibilites for "Cooperation in terms of
Development" and “Cooperation in managing migratory flows,” having regard
to the urgency of the situation, to start integrating measures consistent with
the Action Plan in our policies and actions in these areas, whilst preserving its
comprehensive and balanced nature.
With this in view and in regard to the follow-up, we charge our Senior Officials
with making an initial assessment of the implementation of the Action and
proposing a date for a second Ministerial Conference, in two years time at the
latest.
We commit to encourage and deepen the political and operational dialogue
between the European Union and Africa on migration and development by:
a. deepening the political dialogue on a continental scale and the holding of a
Europe-Africa Ministerial Conference on “Migration and Development”, on the
model of the Cairo Summit held on the 3 and 4 April 2000. In this respect, we
welcome the offer from Libya to host this Conference in Tripoli before the end
of 2006, as a contribution towards a Joint Strategy and to the II EU-Africa
Summit, to be held in Lisbon as soon as possible ;
b. bearing in mind the interrelationship between many migratory routes,
encourage the relevant countries and organisations in Africa and Europe to
adhere to the concepts of the Rabat Conference ;
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