The director-general of the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM), António Vitorino, said that as long as the security conditions are not met, the almost one million displaced people cannot return to Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique.

António Vitorino was in Addis Ababa, at the African Union Summit, to talk about migration between African countries, considering that the project for a free trade zone on the continent could help resolve the situation of those who move in search of a better life.

"Migration in Africa is closely linked to the economic and social development of the continent and the major project driving this development is the African Union's free trade project," said the IOM director-general, quoted by RFI.

The organization led by António Vitorino is the largest humanitarian organization working in Cabo Delgado, where almost a million people have been displaced by terrorism.

"We are probably the largest United Nations agency present in northern Mozambique, in Cabo Delgado, and there are no conditions for relocating populations unless there is peace and security and, therefore, it is essential that there is a set of security conditions so that these people can return to their areas of origin or settle in other areas," concluded António Vitorino.