FIRST GENERAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS FOR AFRICAN YOUTH AND NON-GOVERNEMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENT ADOPTED TEXT / TRIPOLI DECLATION ON IMMIGRATION We, the African Youth and Non-governmental Organizations in our first General People’s Congress for African Youth and Non-governmental organizations, inside and outside the Continent under the sponsorship of Colonel Muammar El Qathafi, being hosted by the Libyan Youth Union in Tripoli city in the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 26th February to 1st March 2006.   We have deeply studied the phenomenon of the immigration of the African Youth and the situation of African youth immigrants has stretched over painful periods of time. We disapprove of the hateful colonization faced by our African continent and what occurred to through looting and robbing of its resources, wealth and abuse its natives, a matter that has pushed the African youth in search for a better life in the natural human movement enforced on them by the cultural, economic and human changes witnessed by the world.   We have examined causes, consequences and reasons of immigration, mechanisms to its solution, rights of immigrants and their families and the concerned international and regional charters on immigration and also on human rights.   In general, we have agreed in principle to make it clear, undertake to investigate, explore and implement all possible, innovative and radical solutions to the root causes of immigration and the protection of Immigrants rights in general… 1-    Spread of peace, disarmament of armed strifes, oppression and use of force in national and local crisis inside African Continent and the African Union should hold its responsibilities on this matter   To call African Union and its Institutions to place the issue of immigration and African immigrants’ rights in its firm concern and search for as well as commit unlimited mechanisms and resources for it . 3-    Call the international Society in general and European Union in particular to assist the African continent in form of tangible finances to realize lasting development in providing domestic developmental projects which shall increase real chances of employment to African youth and better their income and raise their standard of living as well as productivity.   4-    The need for international society’s commitment to instruments such as the international charters, principles and laws on human rights in dealing with the immigrants.   5-    Total rejection on leveling crime of terrorist and criminal against law abiding African immigrants and condemn all measures taken to such actions of injustice.   6-    Protection of African immigrants and rejection of racism against them and condemn projects of European laws proposed before French parliament Known as “SARKOZI”.   7-    Call upon the European Union, to undertake the ratification of the international agreement on protection of immigrant workers and their families’ rights.   8-    The African youth and civil society organizations will act local, national, regional, continental and international levels to resolve the phenomenon of immigration and concerns of immigrants.   The participants at the Tripoli Congress from 26th February to 1st March 2006.