A policy shift in the perception of African migrants is eventually beginning to be a solution to the migrant crisis in Europe.
In a Paris summit in August, leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain agreed to carry out “protection missions” in the African nations in co-operation with the United Nations’ refugee and migration agencies.
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has thus stated that the first operations to allow migrants to come legally to France from Niger and Chad will start in the coming weeks.
Macron said upcoming missions will be led by France’s refugee protection office, following a meeting on Monday with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the Elysee Palace.
The process would allow vulnerable migrants to be granted asylum and come legally to Europe if they are on an eligibility list provided by the UN refugee agency and registered with authorities in Niger and Chad.
