Tunisia opposes Building Detention Centers for Refugees

Tunisian Ambassador to the European Union Tahar Cherif asserted that there is no way his North African coastal nation will even consider the proposal of building refugge camps in its territory.
‘The proposal was put to the head of our government a few months ago during a visit to Germany; it was also asked by Italy, and the answer is clear: no!’ Cherif said.

‘We have neither the capacity nor the means to organize these detention centers. We are already suffering a lot from what is happening in Libya, which has been the effect of European action.’

‘He said his country was facing enough problems with unemployment, without wishing to add to them, while Niger said its existing centers taking migrants out of detention camps in Libya are already full’ .

The idea for the centres was thrown into the mix of EU migration policy before a series of crucial summits on migration in the next week.

About 10 EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Sunday in a hastily convened emergency meeting aimed at preventing the collapse of the German coalition government.

TunisianMonitorOnline

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