Euro-African employment agencies
El Loko, Illusion men, 2006, 300 x 400 x 200 cm, installation. Exhibition ‘Afrique Europe: rêves croisés’, 13/11 - 10/12/06, Brussels.
© European Commission and artist
To curb the arrival of illegal migrants, the European Commission is to finance centres to give information about immigration to Europe to potential migrants. The first centre opened in Mali at the beginning of 2007. Others are to be set up in Senegal, Mauritania and Gambia. Franco Frattini, European Commissioner for Immigration, said the centre was “something flexible, allowing supply and demand between Mali and the EU to be coordinated”. It will post temporary EU jobs for migrants in sectors such as agriculture, construction and tourism.
