EU-Africa Summit Opens Under Shadow of Migrant Slave Trade Reports

AFP via MSN ^ | November 29, 2017 | Lachlan Carmichael

[Yardstick]

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called Wednesday for "all urgent measures" to end migrant slave trading in Libya as he opened an Europe-Africa summit meant to focus on long-term economic growth and stability.

The slavery revelations are casting a shadow over the Abidjan summit, which both sides hope will launch a deeper partnership to create jobs for Africa's exploding population while reducing mass migration and terrorism.

"Given this wretched drama which recalls the worst hours of human history, I would like to appeal to our sense of responsibility to take all urgent measures to put an end to that practice which belongs to another age," Ouattara told the summit.

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African Union and other critics have accused the EU of creating conditions for the slave trade as well as rape and torture of migrants by encouraging Libya's UN-backed GNA — the Government of National Accord — to detain migrants and stop them from coming to Europe.

The EU has been desperate to ease the worst migration crisis since World War II, with more than 1.5 million migrants entering the bloc since 2015.

In his speech to the summit, European Council President Donald Tusk acknowledged the "horrifying" treatment of young Africans. But he also warned against starting "a blame game" and called for cooperation to fight criminals.

[Yardstick]

I wonder who exactly the slave traders are? Somehow the article in its 700+ words never quite gets around to identifying them.

[BenLurkin]

Muslims just being Muslim