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Europe fund to tackle African migration 'not enough' 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". Senegal's President Macky Sall has described a $1.9bn (£1.2bn) European fund set-up to tackle irregular migration as "not enough".
The money will be spent in 23 African countries including Senegal. It was one of several measures European and African leaders agreed at a meeting in Malta which discussed ways to reduce the flow of people into Europe.
European leaders agreed to the measure at a Europe-Africa meeting in Malta discussing ways to reduce the flow of people into Europe. Leaders also said that the continents should work more closely on the issue.
The meeting was planned after around 800 migrants when their boat sank off Libya in April .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". President Sall, who also currently heads the West African regional group Ecowas, told journalists on the sidelines of the summit that 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. But later, at the closing press conference, he described the fund as "a very good beginning".
Nigeria, Eritrea and Libya are also among the countries which are supposed to be helped. The leaders have also agreed to boost the number of visas available to students and researchers, tackle people smuggling and cooperate in the return of illegal migrants to their countries in Africa.
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. EU Council President Donald Tusk said the summit had agreed "a long list of very concrete actions to be implemented by the end of 2016".
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. "We are under no illusions that we can improve the situation overnight but we are committed to giving people alternatives to risking their lives," he said.
The European trust fund is supposed to "foster stability... and to contribute to better migration management", according to a European Union statement.
It is also aimed at "promoting economic... opportunities, security and development" in the countries named which, along with Senegal, include Nigeria, Eritrea and Libya.
The money will be spent on:
The $1.9bn fund is in addition to the $20bn the EU already spends on development assistance in Africa every year, Mr Tusk said.
The UN says some 150,000 people from African countries such as Eritrea, Nigeria and Somalia have made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.
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. There have been more than 3,000 deaths as people try to make the crossing.
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. BBC world affairs reporter Richard Galpin says the crisis has evolved so quickly this year that European leaders have been struggling to keep up and formulate any coherent policies.
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.