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Tunisia’s president accused the criminal network supported the presence of undocumented migrants in the North African country
In a speech to senior officials in the presidential palace recently, Tunisia’s president accused criminal networks supported the presence of undocumented migrants in the North African country. His remarks come as local NGOs sounded the alarm over the dire situation of sub-Saharan African migrants expelled from the city of Sfax. He made it clear that Tunisia could not be a land of transit or a land of settlement.
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Some stretches of Tunisia’s coastline lie some hundred km away from Italy. The head of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) urged for a migration deal with Tunisia. He was on a visit to Sicily, an island some 300 km away from Lampedusa. A high-ranking European delegation is due to visit Tunis on Sunday to sign a deal stipulating financial aid for the North African country aimed at tackling illegal migration. Boat crossings across the central Mediterranean are the main route for irregular migrant entries to Europe.
