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support for Senegalese abroad. The Office of the President also established a committee to
assist Senegalese refugees/asylum-seekers who are repatriated.
49.
Originally, all migration-related matters were managed by the Ministry of Labour.
Now the focal point for migration issues is the Ministry of Youth and Youth Employment.
Representatives of this Ministry chair the Commission Nationale de Gestion et de Suivi des
Offres d’Emploi (National Commission of Management and Follow-up to Employment
Offers), which was created in 2008 within a framework of agreements signed by Senegal
and some of its partners, such as Spain, aimed at promoting regular migration. The
Commission is composed of representatives of the various Ministries concerned, such as
the Ministries of Foreign Affairs; Interior; Senegalese Abroad; Public Service,
Employment, Labour and Professional Organizations; and of Technical Education and
Vocational Training. The Commission is tasked, inter alia, (a) to centralize and disseminate
employment offers abroad, monitor and ensure the protection of the rights of migrant
workers, (b) to supervise the management of the preselection and selection procedures, (c)
to put in place measures to train, inform and sensitize migrant workers prior to their
departures, (d) to monitor the execution of labour contracts and follow up on the migrant
workers’ return to Senegal, (e) to adopt measures to fight brain drain and (f) to ensure
coordination among the different Ministries involved in aspects of migration.
50.
The Caisse de Sécurité Sociale (Social Security Fund) was created in 1956. The
Fund is tasked with managing and disbursing family benefits and benefits concerning workrelated accidents and illnesses.
51.
With regard to human trafficking, since December 2009 the Government has been
examining the proposal of the Prime Minister to establish a committee to fight the
trafficking and exploitation of women and children that would become the main
governmental body in charge of coordinating all actions in this field.
C.
Bilateral agreements
52.
The 2006 France-Senegal agreement related to the concerted management of
migration flows (amended on 25 February 2008) was the first bilateral agreement signed by
France on this subject. The agreement covers the circulation of persons (visas, transit,
exchange of information), stay permits (for students, as well as for workers and members of
their families), the patrolling of borders and the return of migrants in irregular situations,
the participation of migrants in the development of their country of origin, and development
cooperation in, for example, the health and agricultural/fisheries sectors.
53.
Senegal and France are also linked by an agreement on social security that was made
in 1960, renegotiated in 1974 and incorporated in Law 75-33 (1975). A fiscal agreement is
also in force between the two countries, aimed at avoiding double taxation on revenues.
54.
In 2000 Senegal and France also entered into an agreement on co-development, with
a view to supporting Senegalese settled in France who wish to reintegrate upon their return.
The agreement includes four main dimensions, namely, support for the economic initiatives
of migrants in Senegal, mobilization of the highly qualified diaspora, decentralized
development in the areas of origin and the establishment of a Priority Solidarity Fund. The
related initiatives are implemented through the Programme d’Appui aux Initiatives de
Solidarité pour le Developpement (2009-2011) (Programme to Support Solidarity for
Development Initiatives), which has a budget of 9 million euros (see chapter IV, section D
below).
55.
Bilateral relations between Spain and Senegal in the field of migration are regulated
by the Framework Agreement on Development Cooperation, which was signed on 10
October 2006 and which entered into force on 24 June 2008. This Framework Agreement
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