Published October 20,2023
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Italy on Friday signed a deal to absorb some 4,000 employees from Tunisia, in keeping with pledges to assist the northern African state stem the strain from migrants at its borders.
The deal was signed throughout a go to by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to Tunis, the place he was scheduled to fulfill his counterpart Nabil Ammar and President Kais Saied, his workplace stated.
It envisages common migration channels for “qualified workers” keen to return to Italy, an Italian briefing word stated as Rome additionally promised to assist Tunisia in its efforts to cease migrant smugglers and create job alternatives for the younger.
“Tunisia is exposed to strong migratory pressure, particularly from sub-Saharan countries, and is the first country for repatriations from Italy,” the Italian doc stated, including 1,615 migrants had returned there to this point this 12 months.
Sea migrant arrivals to Italy have virtually doubled in 2023 in comparison with the identical interval in 2022, with round 140,000 folks coming ashore to this point. Some 91% got here from Tunisia, prompting Rome’s efforts to assist native authorities to stem the move.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi on Tuesday urged the European Union to enact a deal to assist the African state’s efforts to cease migrant boat departures.
President Saied, who was invited to a migration convention hosted in Rome in July, confronted criticism after he shut down parliament and started ruling by decree in what the opposition says was a coup.
Source: www.anews.com.tr