Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Guyana, Ambassador Robert Kopecky has said that it remains committed to addressing issues related to migration in the Caribbean and will focus on increasing its value to development.
According to a press release from the EU Delegation in Guyana, based on the ambassador’s speech at the Caribbean Forum on Population, Migration and Development held on July 9 and 10, the EU’s assistance towards the population, migration and development related challenges in the Caribbean are based on the Intra-ACP Migration facility, that is a financing agreement signed in 2008 by the European Commission and the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, to the value of 25 million Euros.
The project’s intention is to assist the ACP states “to better understand and manage intra-ACP migratory flows and to maximise their impact. The direct beneficiaries are principally the migrants themselves and the different entities participating in the process of consultation on the theme of `migration and development.’”
The focus is to highlight the link between migration and development by encouraging ACP governments and regional organisations to integrate migration management into national policies in areas such as health, education, employment, trade and environment. “ACP Migration aims to
