US EditionUK foreign minister says Ethiopia visit to focus on migration
The UK plans job-creation partnerships and law-enforcement cooperation to reduce migration from the Horn of Africa, with 30% of Channel crossings from this region, the foreign ministry said.
- On Monday, Feb 2, British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will use a visit to Ethiopia to focus on measures to stem rising migrant numbers seeking to reach the United Kingdom, House of Commons and REUTERS reported.
- The British foreign ministry said around 30% of recent Channel crossers were nationals from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan, and illegal immigration has boosted Nigel Farage's Reform UK party in polls.
- The minister argued stronger law-enforcement cooperation is essential to counter smuggler gangs and speed up returns of people with no right to stay, Cooper said, `We are working together to tackle the economic drivers of illegal migration and the criminal gangs who operate globally, `profiting from trading in people.`
- She was due to announce 17 million pounds of funding to tackle violence against women and girls, assist 68,000 children suffering malnutrition, and support displaced people projects.
- To help boost job creation, Cooper will sign an agreement with Gridworks to take forward two energy-transmission projects aimed at creating thousands of good jobs in Ethiopia.
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The Foreign Secretary held discussions with the Ethiopian authorities on joint efforts to tackle the criminal gangs organising migration from the Horn of Africa into Europe and the UK
Cooper says Ethiopia visit to focus on migration
LONDON: Britain’s foreign secretary said she would use a visit to Ethiopia to focus on measures to stem the rising number of migrants from the Horn of Africa seeking to reach the UK. Yvette Cooper said job creation partnerships would dissuade people from leaving Ethiopia, while stronger law enforcement cooperation was essential to counter smuggler gangs and speed up returns
NCA joins up with Ethiopia to nail global criminal gangs fuelling small boats - The Mirror
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will focus on tackling factors - including conflict and lack of jobs - that push people to make the dangerous journey to Europe and the UK
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