EU foreign policy chief
Federica Mogherini said Tuesday that the EU was not working on a
'migration compact' with Egypt but that this did "not mean that
we are not working with Egypt on migration".
A 'migration compact' Italy proposed earlier this year to
the European Commission and the European Council to cut migrant
flows envisages a framework accord with countries of origin and
transit and financial commitments.
She added that dialogue on the migration issue was in any
case underway with the Egyptian government as part of the
Khartoum Process.
The Khartoum Process focuses on the route between the Horn
of Africa and the European Union (EU) and is a high level,
inter-continental political process that harmonizes existing
African Union (AU) and EU-led components.
The aim, Mogherini noted, is to develop new 'compacts' with
other countries in addition to the five brought in over the
summer.
"There are other countries of origin and transit where we
do not have a 'compacts' yet with, but the work is continuing
and we hope to achieve them in the future," she said, citing
Pakistan and Bangladesh as possibilities.
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