RABAT, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The 5th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development will be held on May 2 in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.
The conference will bring together ministers and high-level representatives from 60 countries from North, West and Central Africa and Europe, as well as the European Commission (EC) and the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
This high-level conference will discuss various issues related to migration and define the priority actions for the period 2018-2020.
It is expected to adopt a multi-annual cooperation program as well as the Marrakech Declaration on migration and its action plan.
The conference is part and parcel of the Euro-African Ministerial Dialogue on Migration and Development, also known as the Rabat Process.
Launched since 2006, the Dialogue is a platform for political cooperation among the countries along the migration route between Central, West, North Africa and Europe.
The latest Euro-African Conference on Migration and Development was held in Rome, Italy in November 2014, while the first conference took part in July 2006 in Rabat.
