Identifier
Created
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06ALGIERS496
2006-03-20 17:23:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Algiers
Cable title:
ALGERIA STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AS KEY TO CONTROLLING
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UNCLAS ALGIERS 000496
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA
SUBJECT: ALGERIA STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AS KEY TO CONTROLLING
MIGRATION UNDER AN "AFRICAN ROAD MAP"
ALGERIA TO HOST APRIL MEETING OF EXPERTS ON MIGRATION
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UNCLAS ALGIERS 000496
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA
SUBJECT: ALGERIA STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AS KEY TO CONTROLLING
MIGRATION UNDER AN "AFRICAN ROAD MAP"
ALGERIA TO HOST APRIL MEETING OF EXPERTS ON MIGRATION
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1. Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs
Abdelkader Messahel presented to journalists March 18 "an
African Road Map" for addressing migration issues. He
confirmed that further discussions on migration within the
African continent and between Europe and Africa would be on
the agenda for an African meeting of experts scheduled from
April 3-5 in Algiers. Messahel's statements, widely reported
by the Algerian press, came at the end of separate meetings
he held on the subject with African and European ambassadors
posted to Algeria. In his public statements, Messahel called
for the establishment by the end of this year of a "common
African strategy" on migration, noting that the Algiers
meeting had been under discussion since the January African
Union Summit held in Khartoum.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OF CONCERN TO AFRICA
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2. Messahel said the African Union Commission had
transmitted to all member countries a draft "African Road Map
on Migration." He emphasized that Algeria would spare no
effort to make the Algiers meeting a success so that the
African continent could adopt a common strategy on an issue
"which has such an impact on our economies and populations."
According to Messahel, 17 million Africans are residing
temporarily or permanently in a different African country
from their country of origin, adding that "illegal
immigration from Africa to Europe, North America, and some
Middle Eastern countries" was truly an issue of concern for
Africa.
EXODUS OF AFRICANS REQUIRES COLLECTIVE ACTION
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3. Messahel said the "massive exodus" of Africans for
developed countries was a real scourge, and it was necessary
for Africa to confront collectively this "hemorrhage."
According to Messahel, 23,000 university graduates and at
least 50,000 African professionals leave Africa each year,
expanding the 4-million strong African community in Europe
and African communities elsewhere. One of the primary
objectives of the "African Road Map," said Messahel, was to
reach a stage where such migrations occurred out of choice,
not necessity.
DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIAL TO GLOBAL POLITICAL STABILITY
-------------- --------------
4. The bottom line, underscored Messahel, was to "treat the
issue of migration within the global framework of development
and political stability." Developing especially the regions
of Africa with high migration potential was essential for
success, he concluded.
ERDMAN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA
SUBJECT: ALGERIA STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AS KEY TO CONTROLLING
MIGRATION UNDER AN "AFRICAN ROAD MAP"
ALGERIA TO HOST APRIL MEETING OF EXPERTS ON MIGRATION
-------------- --------------
1. Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs
Abdelkader Messahel presented to journalists March 18 "an
African Road Map" for addressing migration issues. He
confirmed that further discussions on migration within the
African continent and between Europe and Africa would be on
the agenda for an African meeting of experts scheduled from
April 3-5 in Algiers. Messahel's statements, widely reported
by the Algerian press, came at the end of separate meetings
he held on the subject with African and European ambassadors
posted to Algeria. In his public statements, Messahel called
for the establishment by the end of this year of a "common
African strategy" on migration, noting that the Algiers
meeting had been under discussion since the January African
Union Summit held in Khartoum.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OF CONCERN TO AFRICA
--------------
2. Messahel said the African Union Commission had
transmitted to all member countries a draft "African Road Map
on Migration." He emphasized that Algeria would spare no
effort to make the Algiers meeting a success so that the
African continent could adopt a common strategy on an issue
"which has such an impact on our economies and populations."
According to Messahel, 17 million Africans are residing
temporarily or permanently in a different African country
from their country of origin, adding that "illegal
immigration from Africa to Europe, North America, and some
Middle Eastern countries" was truly an issue of concern for
Africa.
EXODUS OF AFRICANS REQUIRES COLLECTIVE ACTION
--------------
3. Messahel said the "massive exodus" of Africans for
developed countries was a real scourge, and it was necessary
for Africa to confront collectively this "hemorrhage."
According to Messahel, 23,000 university graduates and at
least 50,000 African professionals leave Africa each year,
expanding the 4-million strong African community in Europe
and African communities elsewhere. One of the primary
objectives of the "African Road Map," said Messahel, was to
reach a stage where such migrations occurred out of choice,
not necessity.
DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIAL TO GLOBAL POLITICAL STABILITY
-------------- --------------
4. The bottom line, underscored Messahel, was to "treat the
issue of migration within the global framework of development
and political stability." Developing especially the regions
of Africa with high migration potential was essential for
success, he concluded.
ERDMAN