A ministerial conference for the launch of the Khartoum Process (EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative – HoAMRI), will be held at Rome’s NH Midas Hotel on 28 November, co-chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni and Minister for the Interior and Angelino Alfano. Participants will include the representatives of 40 European, Horn of Africa and Mediterranean Africa countries, the European External Action Service, the European Commission, the African Union Commission and seven regional organisations.
Recognising the urgent need to set up an instrument by which to dialogue with Eastern African nations on migration issues — particularly with the countries of the Horn of Africa from which a significant number of the migrants and asylum seekers arriving on our coasts originate — Italy and the European Commission took on the task of initiating dialogue with Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya, the African Union, as well as the main transit countries of Libya, Egypt and Tunisia.
In synergy with the IMO and the UNHCR, the Khartoum Process will initially concentrate on the especially urgent theme of migrant smuggling and trafficking. It will take a highly concrete approach, generating projects for the management of migration flows using EU funding instruments and coordinating Member State bilateral efforts.
PRESS MOMENTS
8:45 – Family Photo and Round Table at the start of the sessions (NH Midas Hotel)
15:30 – Final Press Conference (Casale di Villa Madama)
Journalists, TV Crews and photographers interested in covering the event will have to obtain specific accreditation, as explained below:
– Registration at the following link http://www.italia2014registration.eu, where you will fill out a form and upload a photo(Jpeg only) and a scanned copy (Jpg or Pdf only) of the following documents:
– Passport or other valid photo ID;
– Letter from your employer or editor;
– Professional ID card
Journalists already registered on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs online accreditation system will receive, at their first access, a system message allowing them to recuperate their registration data.
Space limitations may necessitate the formation of pools for television and photographic coverage.
