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 RABAT, Morocco (AP) - European nations sought ways Monday to help finance development in Africa to tackle the poverty and violence that fuel illegal immigration to Europe.
A two-day conference that began Monday was the first to bring together the countries migrants are leaving, the ones they pass through and those they are aiming for, said EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner. The idea originated from Spain and Morocco, supported by France.
The participants said they were seeking ways to defeat illegal immigration at its source — the poverty-stricken lands that generate such despair among their people that they risk their lives to flee. They hope to set up a cooperative system of development so Africa can take care of its own, and make Europe less of a temptation.
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