www.khartoumprocess.net | [email protected] Established A Regional Dialogue for Cooperation on Tackling Trafficking in Human Beings and November 2014 Smuggling of Migrants along the Horn of Africa-Europe Migration Route Current Chair 1 The Netherlands The EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route On 28 November 2014 , the Khartoum Initiative (Khartoum Process) is a regional Process member states and the EU met in Upcoming Chair dialogue, implemented within the Rome for a Ministerial Conference and TBC overarching framework of the Global signed a Declaration agreeing to Approach to Migration and Mobility undertake concrete actions to prevent Secretariat (GAMM) – the framework of the external and tackle the challenges of trafficking in African Union Commission dimension of EU migration policy. This human beings and smuggling of migrants and European Commission political initiative builds upon the positive between the Horn of Africa and Europe, outcomes of the African Union Regional in a spirit of partnership, shared Member states Ministerial Conference on human responsibility, and cooperation. (Steering Committee trafficking and smuggling of migrants in Members in bold): The Declaration defines a number of the Horn of Africa, held in Khartoum on priority areas for cooperation, on a Austria Belgium 13-16 October 2014. voluntary basis, as follows: Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Rep. o Developing cooperation at bilateral and regional level between countries Denmark Djibouti of origin, transit and destination to tackle irregular migration and criminal Egypt Eritrea networks through concrete measures pertaining to information-sharing, Estonia Ethiopia focused training activities, and technical assistance; Finland France o Assisting in improving national capacity building in the field of migration Germany Greece management in all its components upon individual request of the countries; Hungary Ireland o Assisting national authorities in stepping up prevention measures with Italy Kenya special regards to trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants; Latvia Libya o Establishing national strategies to strengthen horizontal coordination among all Lithuania Luxembourg services involved, including ensuring protection to refugees and asylum seekers Malta The Netherlands and assistance to migrants in vulnerable situations; Norway Poland o Assisting in improving the identification and prosecution of criminal networks; Portugal Romania o Improving or, where appropriate, establishing criminal law frameworks and Slovakia Slovenia fostering – where applicable – the ratification and the proper implementation Somalia South Sudan of the Protocols against Smuggling of Migrants and Human Trafficking, Spain Sudan supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (Palermo Convention); Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Uganda o Promoting a victim-centred approach; The United Kingdom* o Promoting sustainable development in countries of origin and transit in order to address the root causes of irregular migration; *The UK has withdrawn from the European Union on 31 January o Developing a regional framework for return, including voluntary, and 2020 and is no longer a Member reintegration, in the full respect of human rights, while strengthening the State of the EU national capacities; Project funded o Assisting participating countries in establishing and managing reception by the European Union centres, providing access to asylum processes in line with the international law, improving camp services and security, screening mixed migratory flows. Implemented by ICMPD 1 https://www.khartoumprocess.net/resources/library/political-declaration/60-khartoum-process-declaration More information is available at the Khartoum Process website: www.khartoumprocess.net Scope The Khartoum Process represents a Various EU bodies, such as the The Khartoum cess aims to: platform for consultation, European Commission (DG Home Give a new impetus to the coordination, and political Affairs, DG Development and regional collaboration between cooperation among the countries Cooperation, and DG for countries of origin, transit and along the migration route between Neighbourhood and Enlargement destination along the migration the Horn of Africa and Europe on Negotiations) and the External route between the Horn of Africa trafficking in human beings and Action Service, actively participate and Europe. smuggling of migrants. It thus fosters in the Khartoum Process. Provide a platform for sharing a common understanding on the International organisations, such as knowledge and experience to associated challenges and ICMPD, IOM, UNHCR, and UNODC strengthen inter-governmental encourages opportunities for partake, as well as IGAD. cooperation, with the support of partnership, as well as the The African Union Commission and international organisations (ICMPD, implementation of concrete actions, the European Commission are in IOM, UNHCR, UNODC) as well as of on a voluntary basis. charge of the Secretariat of the IGAD as a regional organisation. Khartoum Process. Recent Meetings organised in the Khartoum Process Chairmanship from Italy to Eritrea. Steering Committee (SC) and Senior examined the existing legal and Officials’ Meeting (SOM), The Hague, Regional Training Programme on policy instruments regulating labour The Netherlands, 4-5 March 2020. Countering Trafficking in Human migration in the region. Considering Delegates examined governance Beings, Djibouti City, 30-31 January the diversity and the scale of and membership-related 2019. This first-of-a-kind activity in migration flows occurring between considerations, the Khartoum the framework of the Khartoum the Horn of Africa and Europe, the Process work plan during the Process facilitated the exchange of meeting offered insights on the Chairmanship of The Netherlands knowledge and experience current trends, driving forces, and and beyond, the Joint Valletta pertaining to addressing the actors involved, as well as explored Action Plan (JVAP) update state-of- interconnected crimes of trafficking the operational side of policies in play and next steps. The SOM in human beings and smuggling of place. With the aim to identify included a scenario-building migrants. The Training Programme concrete means to support national exercise, with a view of supporting resulted in a joint elaboration of strategies to harness legal migration, Khartoum Process partners in recommendations aimed at participants jointly elaborated a set engaging in more effective and strengthening national capacities of recommendations and practical sustainable planning on mixed and regional cooperation. measures for implementation. migration. The SOM also marked the Thematic Meeting on the Protection handover of the Chairmanship from Steering Committee (SC) and Senior of Women and Girls on the Move Eritrea to The Netherlands. Officials’ Meeting (SOM), Asmara, from Africa to Europe, Stockholm, Eritrea, 6-7 March 2019. The meetings Thematic Meeting on Migration for Sweden, 18-19 September 2018. The focused on taking stock of the Development: Harnessing the participants of the Meeting, namely developments within the Khartoum Potential of Diaspora, Asmara, representatives of participating Process, governance matters, and Eritrea, 23-24 October 2019. The states, EU, UN, academics, and civil the work plan for 2019 and beyond. meeting examined the existing society, shared their expertise on The launching of the preparations for opportunities for leveraging protection and gender-based the update of the Joint Valletta diaspora potential for development. violence (GBV) within the context of Action Plan (JVAP) have taken The means of reaching out to and mixed migratory flows from Africa to place. The SOM marked the engaging with the diaspora were Europe, including the access to GBV handover of the Process’ discussed, along with the policy tools response services during that provide an enabling displacement and migration. environment to maximise diaspora Steering Committee Meeting, Cairo, capital, including remittances, skills, Egypt, 9 July 2018, was dedicated to and knowledge, in countries of the discussion of the 2019 African origin and destination. Chair, resulting in an endorsement of Thematic Meeting on Legal the Eritrean candidature, and the Frameworks and Policy structure of the Khartoum Process Development: Optimising the Report for the 2018 JVAP SOM, Benefits of Organised Labour scheduled to take place on 14-15 Migration, Cairo, Egypt, 24-25 November 2018 on the premises of September 2019. This first Thematic the African Union Commission in Meeting on legal migration Addis Ababa. .