Theresa May: ‘Aid to Africa will control migrant movement’

“And we are determined to win that race”.

EU Council President Donald Tusk said the summit had agreed “a long list of very concrete actions to be implemented by the end of 2016”.

Tusk warned: “Without effective control of our external borders, Schengen will not survive”. Swedish police are urging people traveling to and from neighboring countries on Thursday to bring their passports or other identification documents as the country introduces temporary border controls.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, shares a word with African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma during an informal summit of European Union and African leaders on migration in Valletta, Malta, Wednesday, …

He told reporters that “rich and social Europe” was becoming more attractive for refugees and people seeking a better life. However, the situation is at a tipping point: In Europe, winter is fast approaching, and thousands of immigrants still live in refugee camps, in inappropriate conditions, and the cold seems to rush the process of integration.

More than 50 leaders, including representatives from Africa and the European Union, have gathered in Malta to try to find a solution to the crisis. He also noted that most migrants to Europe do not come from his continent.

In a nod to African fears of a “fortress Europe” pulling up the drawbridge, Thursday’s deal calls for more opportunities for legal migration.

The Number 10 source said: “It is us looking at how we focus our spending on humanitarian assistance, but also dealing with an issue that has repercussions for us in Britain”.

In a reflection of the mood, Senegal President Macky Sall used the closing press conference to take a swipe at Western neo-colonialism, claiming African governments would have no need of aid if they could collect 60 billion euros lost through tax avoidance and other “fraudulent” activities of multinationals.

“The Prime Minister will be emphasising to the Africans that they have got to work with us on returns”.

Ghanaian government officials have backed President John Mahama’s decision to collaborate with his European counterparts to stop Ghanaians from migrating to Europe using unsafe routes.

“We remain really concerned about that route and the support that we should be providing to countries in the region”.

At a summit in Valletta, Malta, the EU offered more development aid in exchange for an African pledge to take back – – or “re-admit” – more people who cross the Mediterranean Sea and settle in European cities without job or residence rights.

Dealings with Turkey have been complicated by unease among European leaders about what they see as repressive actions against dissent and freedom of speech in Turkey under Erdogan’s leadership.

The executive European Commission, whose deputy chief Frans Timmermans is leading negotiations with Ankara on joint measures to cut the numbers of Syrian refugees and other migrants leaving Turkey, put forward next Sunday, November the 22nd, for a Brussels summit, officials said.