Ministers from more than 50 European and African governments are meeting in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, to discuss ways of dealing with migrants.

There are an increasing number of Africans trying to cross into Europe.

The ministers are talking about human trafficking and security but also ways of alleviating the poverty which causes many migrants to seek a better life.

Already this year at least 8,000 African migrants have reached Spain's Canary Islands alone.

Hundreds more have landed on Malta and the Italian island of Lampedusa.

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