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| Europe fund to tackle African migration 'not enough' | |
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| Senegal's President Macky Sall has described the $1.9bn (£1.2bn) European fund to tackle irregular migration as "not enough". | |
| The money will be spent in 23 African countries including Senegal. | |
| European leaders agreed to the measure at a Europe-Africa meeting in Malta discussing ways to reduce the flow of people into Europe. | |
| The meeting was planned after around 800 migrants when their boat sank off Libya in April . | |
| President Sall, who also currently heads the West African regional group Ecowas, said the money pledged was "not enough for the whole of Africa". | |
| The fund is supposed to "foster stability... and to contribute to better migration management", according to a European Union statement. | |
| Nigeria, Eritrea and Libya are also among the countries which are supposed to be helped. | |
| The UN says nearly 800,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea so far in 2015, while some 3,440 have died or gone missing en route. | The UN says nearly 800,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea so far in 2015, while some 3,440 have died or gone missing en route. |
| Some 150,000 people from African countries such as Eritrea, Nigeria and Somalia have made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean from Africa so far this year, arriving mainly in Italy and Malta. | Some 150,000 people from African countries such as Eritrea, Nigeria and Somalia have made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean from Africa so far this year, arriving mainly in Italy and Malta. |
| But this has been dwarfed by the arrival of some 650,000 people - mostly Syrians - via Turkey and Greece. | But this has been dwarfed by the arrival of some 650,000 people - mostly Syrians - via Turkey and Greece. |
| BBC world affairs reporter Richard Galpin says the crisis has evolved so quickly since this year that European leaders have been struggling to keep up and formulate any coherent policies. | BBC world affairs reporter Richard Galpin says the crisis has evolved so quickly since this year that European leaders have been struggling to keep up and formulate any coherent policies. |
| The aim of the fund is to tackle the economic and security problems that cause people to flee, and persuade African countries to take back more failed asylum-seekers. | The aim of the fund is to tackle the economic and security problems that cause people to flee, and persuade African countries to take back more failed asylum-seekers. |
| A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. | A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. |