Migrants generally only make the news when they arrive in large numbers. But given this year’s escalation, in which a record number of landings were achieved, the likes of which had not been seen since 2016, the last few months have marked a clear reversal of trend. So the news this time is different. Opposite: […]
Tag: Tunisia
Tunis returns 60 million to the EU, the memorandum risks falling apart
Tunisia returned to the EU a first tranche of funds worth 60 million to stop the exodus of migrants heading to Europe and, therefore, to Italy. In recent months, he has repeatedly criticized the delays in the payment of funds provided for in the memorandum signed in July: 105 million for the management of migration […]
The EU’s internal fight is intense over migrants: rags fly between Michel and von der Leyen
European Commission against European Council. A spokesperson for the body led by Ursula von der Leyen, Arianna Podestà, responded during the community executive’s daily briefing to a question regarding statements made in an interview by Charles Michel, President of the Council, according to which the Commission would go beyond its competences in some cases, such […]
Tunisia, Saied freezes the EU: we do not accept the funds. “Charity, an insignificant amount”
The Tunisian President, Kais Saied, announced that his country refuses to accept the funds allocated by the European Union to Tunisia, which he defined as “charity” and whose “paltry” amount would be in conflict with the agreement concluded in July between the two parties . On September 22, the European Commission announced that it would […]
Migrants and Tunisia pull strings with the EU in border management
Tunisia can in no way act like a gendarme whose mission is to protect the borders of others, it can only defend its borders, its own borders. The signal to the European Union came from the Tunisian Interior Minister, Kamel Fekih, who, in a statement published on the ministry’s Facebook account, spoke of irregular migration […]
Tunisia, the agreement on migrants is still delayed. “We will not give in”, I freeze with the EU
New problems for the agreement between the European Union and Tunisia. Tunisian President Kais Saied asked the European Commission to postpone “to a later date to be agreed between the two parties” the visit to Tunis by a delegation from the Brussels executive, scheduled after last week the Commission announced the release of 127 million […]
Giorgia Meloni goes to the European campaign, what are the knots on the table
The European elections, Tunisia and the Stability Pact are just some of the “hot” dossiers on the table at Palazzo Chigi. Let’s start with migrants. During Monday’s Council of Ministers, undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano took stock of the situation, declaring that “the increase in landings is undeniable, we are at +103% compared to 2022″. A situation […]
Migrants dead and missing in Tunisia shipwreck
Another tragedy in the Tunisian sea. Summer always rhymes with shipwrecks of desperate people. This time, five deceased migrants paid the highest price but, according to initial information, seven others were also missing. Five migrants dead and seven missing. This is the result of yet another shipwreck off the coast of Sfax, in east-central Tunisia. […]
Let’s be frank Tunisia’s blackmail, Rome’s weakness: Meloni’s stalemate Instability in the North African country has led to an uncontrolled flow of exits to Italy in recent weeks. And that’s why the government is lobbying to help Tunisia.
Small boats or iron boats for a journey starting from Tunisia. Italian coast, final destination. In between, the Mediterranean crossing that turns into an open-air cemetery. And the Cutro massacre is the most recent and sad example of this. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Missing Migrants project documented 3028 dead and missing migrants in […]
Meloni courtes the leaders of anti-democratic countries to stop the landings
Fight human trafficking and illegal landings. Giorgia Meloni’s Italy leads the European Union in Africa on immigrants. She does this by initiating the “Roman Process”, which aims to strengthen the “equal” dialogue and cooperation between Mediterranean littoral North African countries and landing sites like ours and Greece. The springboard is the International Conference on development […]