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Khartoum Process holds webinar on “missing migrants” data-sharing /// Prague Process and ICMPD oversee opening of Uzbekistan ‘Migration Resource Centre’ /// Commission urges more external project funding for Africa
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Khartoum Process holds webinar on “missing migrants” data-sharing
A webinar hosted by the French chairmanship of the Khartoum Process convened to discuss the issue of missing migrants. Khartoum Process member states as well as regional and international organisations were present at the webinar on 17 September, where the need for better data and knowledge sharing was discussed.
The International Committee of the Red Cross is reported to have recommended “establishing systematic state procedures to strengthen cooperation and information-sharing between stakeholders, as well as creating centralised and harmonised databases to facilitate coordination.”
Prague Process and ICMPD oversee opening of Uzbekistan ‘Migration Resource Centre’
On 8 September, the Prague Process announced a ‘Migration Resource Centre’ in Uzbekistan, in coordination with the Uzbekistan migration ministry and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). The stated aim of the centre is to offer information services on legal migration and also “raise awareness on the risks of irregular migration and threats of human trafficking.”
A workshop on counter-trafficking was also hosted in Vienna 9-12 September, designed in part by ICMPD’s Anti-Trafficking Expert Team and attended by practitioners from 18 states as well as representatives of INTERPOL, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and ICMPD. It addressed, among other issues, “technology-facilitated trafficking” and the role of the media and outreach programmes in preventing trafficking.
Commission urges more external project funding for Africa
At a meeting of the European Parliament’s DEVE Committee 24 September, MEPs discussed Commission amendments to the NDICI-Global Europe legislation (Regulation (EU) 2021/947). The proposed amendments appear to address a desire for the EU’s main external financing instrument to be made more dynamic, increase a minimum spending envelope for Sub-Saharan Africa, and to drive “longterm, mutually beneficial partnerships” around Africa.
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