two weeks ago he was flown back to ivory coast by the international organization for migration. the organization plays a central role in the new action plan it is tasked with bringing the migrants home but according to regional director not in a sham many parts of libya are too dangerous for her workers without the help of the military. mainly have access to detention facilities around by the libyan government in the north of course it remains challenging security is still a difficult issue even in those areas. the logistics of this of these operations are quite quite complex however participants in the summit have promised to start implementing parts of the action plan in the coming days according to mussa faqih chairperson of the african union commission thousands of my brits and libya have already been identified. that there is no we haven't convinced our international partners in europe and the united nations to repatriate three thousand eight hundred people immediately with the help of the task force and we're up but you almost it when you saw. libya is the only issue deleg

two weeks ago he was flown back to ivory coast by the international organization for migration. the organization plays a central role in the new action plan it is tasked with bringing the migrants home but according to regional director martin ashram many parts of libya are too dangerous for her workers without the help of the military. who may have access to detention facilities run by the libyan government in the north of course it remains challenging security is still difficult issue even in those areas. the logistics of these of these operations are quite quite complex. however participants in the summit have promised to start implementing parts of the action plan in the coming days according to mussa faqih chairperson of the african union commission thousands of my brits in libya have already been identified that there is no we haven't convinced our international partners in europe and the united nations to repatriate three thousand eight hundred people immediately with the help of the task force and were up but you always did when you saw. libya is the only issue delegates

because on mark's hoffman joins me now from john in the ivory coast he's covering that summit for us welcome max so what is the main aim of the summit from the european perspective is it to stem the flow of refugees coming into europe or are they genuinely interested in the future of africa and improving the lives of the people living there through investments and so on. it's hard to separate those issues nowadays because as many people here would also acknowledge on the european side the migration crisis was the wake up call that got everybody interested in africa again and put it on the top of the us gender is one of the main reasons why we're having this summit here right now in abidjan but with this also came the realization that you need to invest in africa that it's important to get the economy is here going to give people a perspective especially the young people you just mentioned and with the demographical situation the way it is meaning that probably the population in africa will cross drupal until two thousand one hundred this is more urgent than ever so that's the focus m

mccall was talking about people like adam from the ivory coast adam was abducted on his way to europe by people traffickers in libya and sold on many times you know often we don't see him is on. the look and a house which up and then someone gave me a telephone to call my mother he took a knife and cut my leg. while i was screaming he kept shouting i want money i want money we cut my leg again and again while i cried cause he pleaded with us. in the end adams family paid a ransom of five hundred fifty euros two weeks ago he was flown back to ivory coast by the international organization for migration. the organization plays a central role in the new action plan it is tasked with bringing the migrants home but according to regional director might be an ashram many parts of libya are too dangerous for her workers without the help of the military. who may have access to detention facilities around by the libyan government in the north of course it remains challenging security yesterday difficult issue even in those areas. so the logistics of these of these operations are quite quite comp

these refugees have been flown back to the ivory coast from camps in libya they've got the clothes on their backs and their lives they're greeted by the lead singer of the hit band magic system from abidjan it's good p.r. we have to discourage young people from leaving and make them want to stay we have to offer better living conditions here to remove. job training might be a good start the youth minister visits some apprentice carpenters. he tells them the country needs young people however. at the end of the tunnel after this training there is no follow up guidance or support or we just don't finish what we've started. a program. to become self-sufficient and give young people prospects for a future in africa the training center director says they need loans and investors not handouts helping young africans to help themselves is that a solution. give them i am capable what do you think can such programs work even if the follow up is spotty and the prospects for truly. good employment are pretty thin yeah well i think generally i have never seen a country that has been developed thro

coast the international organization for migration gave him a small amount of start up money for his chicken farm. jumping fish should be more of these initiatives to stop young people leaving africa that's his message to the heads of government reason just a few kilometers away most of us are not like to see them spending more money on young people there are so many unemployed young people many of them are highly qualified and have plans and ideas something has to change. the topic of migration is high on the agenda at the african and european union summit german chancellor angela merkel said the issue is tied to the fight against people trafficking. in recent weeks there have been shocking reports from libya detailing how african migrants have been sold as slaves. in a highly emotional element to the issue so i think there is a common interest in stopping illegal migration and instead offering legal ways for people from africa to be educated and study in europe africa. humanitarian critics say there are far too few legal possibilities for migrants but most n.g.o.s are excluded from

is covering that summit in the city of abidjan in the ivory coast and he joins me now from there now no lacks the issue of slave trade in refugees in libya has caused a huge amount of concern and a back to the cause for urgent action there what was said. there was an emergency meeting by the leaders on the topic called for by french president in monterrey mccall last night and it did you build some results according at least the french the plan is now to evacuate at least some of the migrants that are in these terrible camps in libya of course there are two problems with this first of all. not all the camps will grant access to whoever wants to go there because the situation in libya is complicated and although the official government has said we will help you do that some of those camps are not on the territory of the official government and then who is actually going to do that in one room i call talked about military personnel the germans denied that what they agreed on apparently though is to send those migrants into camps in the niger and child and to process their asylum reques

coast the un recognise government of libya promised to allow u.n. agencies access to refugee camps in areas under its control and it will also investigate reports of slave auctions e.u. countries have pledged to finance the repack creation of migrants and refugees from libya to their home countries elsewhere in africa now our correspondent max hoffman has been covering that summit for us and joins me now from abidjan hi max i'm you've been listening to two days of talks and you've just heard the fund the press conference what did you take away from that meeting. there was a lot of back patting at the end everybody expressing their will to cooperate and there was a lot of thank you's naturally but if you look at the conclusions what's in writing then there's not a whole lot there that might be normal if you consider that there were eighty leaders here and it's hard to agree on anything specific but you can tell that the old fault lines between africa and the european union on.

yes but if you talk to some of those that came back from libya for example from here from ivory coast and we did that in the past days many of them are completely disillusioned they said had i known what awaited me in libya i would have never gone up there so they are being made promises they think that the better life will be easy to achieve for them and then they find hell i mean we talked to the head of the e.u. commission the president of the u. commission and he put that pretty precisely he said you have these people trying to find a better life and what they find in libya is hell so most of the people coming back from libya aren't that unhappy to come back from there such agreement that has been over the last two days appears to benefit you are a few immigrants knocking on their doors how the african countries besides perhaps live in libya benefited from that the last two days. well in one word very shortly and that's been the same for the last decades it's about money it's about investment and the european seem to be quite serious about wanting to invest more in some specific a

coast security services without reason. khadijah khanate was one of the organizers she thinks the official summit is undemocratic. it implies it will then make it something like this is good for the governments but not for the people here i really don't think that that concerns will be heard at the summit. even these young artists are not allowed to cross the cordons they say the summit will do nothing to help them. young people will continue to try their luck elsewhere as long as those in power and africa continue to ignore them. all the leading is nearly done the conversation continues online your find us on twitter either at u.w. news or write to me bring it off t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag in the day every member no matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then about. entering the conflict zone a new president has taken the oath of office in zimbabwe any different from the old one my guest here in london is nick buying one of the u.k. representative of the country's rulings

coast the international organization for migration gave him a small amount of startup money for his chicken farm. you don't think there should be more of these initiatives to stop young people leaving africa that's his message to the heads of government reason just a few kilometers away. feels you might like to see them spending more money on young people that are assessing many unemployed young people many of them are highly qualified and have plans and ideas something has to change you know where you go this is who is in the middle for. the. topic of migration is high on the agenda at the african and european union summit german chancellor angela merkel said the issue is tied to the fight against people trafficking. in recent weeks there have been shocking reports from libya detailing how african migrants have been sold as slaves. at the theme i would add in a highly emotional element to the issue so i think there is a common interest in stopping illegal migration and instead offering legal ways for people from africa to be educated and study in europe africa. studion can humanita

coast capital abidjan it's our more than eighty african and european leaders are on hand to address issues that include things like high youth unemployment. which younger date these two can spell the beginning of a new life initially john had wanted to try his luck in europe but halfway into his journey into his ear he gave up and returned home to ivory coast the international organization for migration gave him a small amount of start up money for his chicken farm. shocking fish should be more of these initiatives to stop young people leaving africa that's his message to the heads of government reason just a few kilometers away. but like to see them spending more money on young people there are so many unemployed young people many of them are highly qualified and have plans and ideas something has to change. the topic of migration is high on the agenda at the african and european union summit german chancellor angela merkel said the issue is tied to the fight against people trafficking. in recent weeks there have been shocking reports from libya detailing how african migrants have

coast more than eighty african and european leaders were in attendance tackling issues such as high youth unemployment and the plight of refugees and migrants stuck in libya a recent t.v. report showed people being sold as slaves that. now our correspondent max hoffman has been covering that summit for us and joins me now from abidjan hi max i'm human listen to two days of talks and you've just heard the fund a press conference what did you take away from that meeting. there was a lot of back patting at the end everybody expressing their will to cooperate and that was a lot of thank you's naturally but if you look at the conclusions what's in writing then there's not a whole lot there that might be normal if you consider that there were eighty leaders here and it's hard to agree on anything specific but you can tell that the old fault lines between africa and the european union are still there meaning that the africans when clear commitments for investment for money and europeans one clear commitment to good governance for example but also migration control now it seems that both si

more than eighty african and european leaders are gathering in ivory coast to promote jobs and stability for africa's rapidly growing population the two day summit opens as the european union places a greater emphasis on ties with africa especially with the recent unprecedented levels of migration. the european capital was trying to send out some positive vibes at a number of events ahead of the summit in abidjan and at the european parliament high ranking politicians were also trying to find solutions for better cooperation between the continents is open i want to get to the people in the past the europeans had a tendency to look to the east towards russia and china they haven't done enough in africa sure we invested and we are committed but i think we need to strengthen our strategy not just throw money at the problem may. by the minute i wish. the wake up call for europe was the migration crisis more than one hundred thousand africans arrived on the shores of the e.u. this year alone and some estimate that two million more are on the move towards europe the e.u. has been working on a

correspondent philip shelters in the ivory coast city of abidjan welcome young philip what are people expecting to come out of this summit. the expectations are specially on the african side this is not just any eye level meeting it's the most important for room to discuss issues on both continents we just have to look at the numbers five thousand delegates are expected that's a lot of heads of states from africa as well as from europe and also the financial resources that are made available during those summits usually quite interesting but they are also more and more voices especially in africa that say that those kind of this kind of one sided financial transfers this is just not sustainable and the summit should move away from it so it's a more sustainable partnership between europe and. stay with us you have a phillips report reports about people being sold as slaves in libya have made the big headlines recently it's an issue that's likely to be raised by the europeans that here is the president of the e.u. commission. talking to d.w. about this issue. need to conceivable nor acc

about the abuse of migrants women in particular time and again in our awareness raising campaigns in ivory coast we're trying to tell people in our country that it's time to open our eyes and see that the tragedies of irregular migration are not just the deaths there are other tragedies too. from. you know to slavery they chant news of the slave auction sparked protests outside the libyan embassies and paris and across africa libya is a migration not far from europe with some seven hundred thousand migrants within its borders it's a lawless place where exploitation is rife and the revelations have brought more international scrutiny upon it including from the united nations secretary-general who condemned the human rights abuses. i abhorred these appalling acts and call upon all competent authority is to investigate these activities without the les and to bring the bad potatoes to justice. libyan authorities have launched a formal investigation but for many it's too late. and just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on d.w. news people in zimbabwe are celebrating af

coast. the united states is warned north korea's leaders we destroy you if your acts of aggression continue that of the kim jong would test you want another missile and said his nation was not a fully fledged nuclear power. and us president dollar trump as a tack to the british prime minister to resign me telling god to deal with drug islamic terrorism in the united kingdom this after may's spokesman criticized trump for retreating islam or for big videos made by a british far right extremist group. rival palestinian groups fatah and hamas said they've agreed to postpone the handover of power in the gaza strip until december tenth the transfer was originally shed used for tomorrow friday as part of a reconciliation deal aimed at ending a decade of hostility between hamas and and president mahmoud abbas's fatah movement which runs the west bank palestinians live.

african union summit in ivory coast coming up later this week it aims to promote economic growth and stability in africa but there's outrage right now over migrant slave markets that have been discovered in libya did abuse max hoffman talked to the president of the e.u. commission john claude younger ahead of the summit was it is you've said that africans and europeans should be equals that now we have a situation in libya where there are people who are apparently being sold as slaves . shouldn't europe be doing more to stop this. year of cannot be silent in the face of this extraordinary problem which dates back to another century africa is all too familiar with the problem of slavery. i'm appalled by the information that's reaching me from africa we know about libya's problems libya is not a state like any other so does neither conceivable nor acceptable for europe to close its eyes to this tragedy which is a daily tragedy for so many people children women and men in libya. already wanted us to turn our attention to this problem at a previous european council meeting. and i can't s

african union summit in ivory coast on the spot european and african leaders agreed a nine point plan the libyan government promised international access to the camps while europe pledged more funds with french president emmanuel mccall going as far as suggesting military action. visiting german chancellor merkel to discuss the details libya's prime minister fire seraj was quick to rule out any european boots on the ground. not them i say we discussed this with my call and i was on but we don't see that there could be a military solution to this it's a more fundamental problem but it. libya's prime minister stressed that he would not tolerate the abuse of migrants but he admits that his government only controls part of the country the german chancellor says she's committed to improving conditions while keeping a firm on europe's borders. there's a lot that needs to be done to improve the humanitarian situation in libya. but one precondition for us is helping train the libyan coast guard and that we can save migrants rescued in the libyan waters should be returned to the mainland this

coast to promote stability and more jobs for africa's young and rapidly growing population tackling the root causes of migration is a top priority even more softer recent pictures of refugees and migrants at a slave auction in libya which drew international condemnation hundreds of ivorians have since returned home disillusioned by their experiences abroad joining me now is dieter because one and max hoffman he's at the african and e.u. summit in joins me now from abidjan max on these reports of slave trade amongst refugees and migrants of course huge amount of shock what can we expect from leaders there to deal with this issue. the whole topic made it to the top of the agenda something you wouldn't have expected two weeks ago but then the news broke it was by c.n.n. the american media outlet that it led to these showed how young migrants were being sold auctioned off at a slave market in libya and you can't really imagine the indignation that has ever since took over in africa and already last week when we met the president of the pan african parliament he said it's the children of