By Gashaw Fentahun
Combating illegal immigration, dismantling human trafficking networks, and integrating illicit immigrants must be the regional and international tasks of all H.E. Ambassador Nezha Alaoui M’ HAMMDI, Dean of the Arab Council of Ambassadors in Addis Ababa.
The Arab community living in Ethiopia celebrates “Arab Expatriate’s Day” at the headquarters of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Addis Ababa *************************************************************************************************************************************
The movement of a large number of refugees from Africa to European and Europe to Africa becomes high and high due to diverse motives. The challenges at the Arab regional level have been protracted since the beginning of the last decade, which increases the pressures and burdens placed on the political, economic, and social systems in the Arab countries. These challenges come when the earth is witnessing significant climate change that affects all aspects of life, including migration and displacement, and dealing with this issue cannot be delayed or neglected.
H.E. Ambassador Nezha Alaoui M’ HAMMDI, Dean of the Arab Council of Ambassadors in Addis Ababa and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Morocco, said that, on the celebration of the Arab Expatriate Day, at the headquarters of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Addis Ababa on her keynotes, Arab Member States, work on everything that would develop knowledge and raise awareness of the various aspects of migration, develop related policies, enhance Arab participation in all relevant global events, and support communication with Arab expatriates. This is done to improve the governance of migration and address the challenges associated with it, to enhance the contribution of Arab expatriates to sustainable development in their countries of origin and countries of destination as well, and to highlight the opportunities that migration offers to governments, societies, and individuals.
Festivity of the Arab Expatriate Day, at the headquarters of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Addis Ababa, the Arab community living in Ethiopia is a clear example of the role of expatriates in developing their countries of residence, as H.E. said.
As H.E. said, Due to various reasons, the drive, hostility, and migration of people across the globe are threatened by many natural phenomena, such as climate change, drought, and global warming, which undermines the development process. Because of this, the large population has to be forced to migrate to different countries and seek good livelihoods. To be, bold and procedural steps must be taken to properly deal with migration movements in destination countries, as H.E. Ambassador Nezha Alaoui M’ HAMMDI stressed.
H.E. Ambassador Nezha Alaoui M’ HAMMDI said that improving the standard of living, hunting jobs, investment opportunities, and social and economic development is a severe motivation for migration worldwide. Increasing the awareness of migration, developing policies, improving migration management, and enhancing the contributions of Arab expatriates to sustainable development are essential tasks for all, as H.E. said.
To end with, Morocco plays it at the regional and international levels in combating illegal immigration, dismantling human trafficking networks, and integrating illegal immigrants, as H.E. noted. H.E. recognizes the Arab community in Addis Ababa; they played pioneering roles in several fields that contribute to growth and prosperity, as H.E. concluded.
On behalf of the DG of the Ethiopian diaspora agency H.E Mr . Mohammed Edris, in his keynotes, said Ethiopian migrants living around the world had formed diverse diaspora groups that help each other and play a significant role in promoting their culture and supporting their country. We made efforts to make this celebration continental in the future; Ethiopia appreciates the council of the Arab ambassador holding this event in Addis Ababa to share our cultural and historical relationships between the two parts. The presence of our citizens in the gulf countries serves as a bridge to our relationships highest the highest level. We need to strengthen our relationship further, as he said.
H.E Mr. Abibatou Wan-Fall, IOM Chief of Mission, said Ethiopia is a country of origin transit and destination for migrants in the horn of Africa. More than 250 thousand Ethiopians migrate annually, driven by natural and artificial disasters and due to economic motivations. Developing social protection programs, Adopting holistic and integrated policies, holding Bilateral and multi-lateral relationships, promoting skills, labor mobility policy, and advancing the new policy and structural agreement is critical to benefit the migrants.
