Senegal president says new EU trust fund "not enough" for Africa to solve refugee issue

Senegal's President Macky Sall on Thursday said the newly-established emergency trust fund of 1.8 billion euros (1.93 billion U.S. dollars) set up by the European Union was "absolutely not enough" for Africa to solve issues concerning the refugee flow to Europe.

Sall made the remarks on the sidelines of the two-day summit on migration held between European and African leaders.

"We have to work together, we have to ask our partners to bring more money, and we are very committed to working very closely," said Sall.

He said Europe and Africa had to develop legal immigration, to give greater opportunity to African people to show them, for example, that they can come to Europe to study.

"We need more support and Europe must do that," he said, noting that for the African side, it has to struggle against illegal immigration.

"The concrete solution is, first of all, to help the countries who give immigration to Europe to develop very sustainable policy," he said, noting the policy should be focused on areas of job creation in agriculture.

The Valletta summit on Nov. 11 and 12 was called by the European Council in April this year to discuss migration issues with African and other key countries concerned. The emergency trust fund for Africa was one of the main deliverables of this summit. Endit