PSC/PR/COMM(DCCLXXI) Page 2 migration and prevent migrant traffickers from exploiting migrants. Council further notes that necessary steps are being taken to address security concerns, in particular through sharing of biodata as regular migrants travel legitimately using official border crossings; 6. Expresses deep concern on the migrant situation in Libya, as it is unacceptable and constitutes a security threat not only to the region, but also on peace and stability of the entire continent. In this regard, Council stresses the urgent need to search for a lasting solution to the deplorable situation of African migrants in Libya, which is a shared responsibility of all Member States. In this regard, Council takes note of the steps taken by the Tripartite Task Force of the AU-EU-UN, under the leadership of the AU Commission; 7. Notes with concern that organized criminal and terrorist networks have turned the otherwise historically safe migration routes into a criminal industry with devastating consequences for the migrants and dire security implications for source, transit and destination countries alike. In this regard, Council emphases the need for Member States to develop a coordinated sharing of information strategy, as well as deployment of latest technologies that would ensure dismantling of the organized criminal and terrorist networks controlling and promoting irregular migration in the continent. Council underscores the important role of the RECs/RMs in combating organized crimes, terrorism and human trafficking, in close coordination with Member States; 8. Urges African countries to make use of their respective security services to undertake joint border tactical and operational measures with their respective neighbouring countries, to curb illegal migration and transnational organized criminal activities, as well as conduct joint operations to identify human traffickers within their areas of jurisdiction. Council requests CISSA to work with the relevant stakeholders in destination countries to identify migrant trafficking criminal networks in order to bring them to justice; 9. Endorses the establishment of the African Migration Observatory, as proposed by His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, AU Champion for Migration, which aims mainly at collecting data, ensuring information exchange and coordination between African countries. The Observatory, which would be based on the triad Understand, Anticipate and Act, will create synergies with continental initiatives on migration, and support them, through data and knowledge sharing, to address efficiently challenges related to Migration flows from and within Africa. Council emphasizes the importance for the Observatory to collaborate with the existing initiatives such as the Regional Operation Center (ROC) in Khartoum, the Horn of Africa (HoA) Initiative to enhance collaboration and intelligence sharing and to address continental crimes related to migration; 10. Calls on Member States which have not done so, to sign and ratify the Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community Relating to Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence and Right of Establishment in Africa and the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA, in order to realize the full benefits of free movement of persons, good and service in Africa, including promoting of regular migration; 11. Reiterate the need for CISSA to continue providing necessary support to member states and RECs / RMs in order to ensure that AU police decisions relating to free movement of persons and