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The number of migrants with Tunisian nationality reaching Italy in 2023 slightly decreased from the previous year, the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) reported. A new report from the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) found that “17,322 irregular migrants” with Tunisian nationality reached Italy’s coasts in 2023, “including over 4,000 minors.” The data was released as part of FTDES’ annual report on protests, irregular migration, suicide rates, suicide attempts and violence, on February 13. Islam Gharbi, a member of FTDES’ department on migration, stressed…

99 attempts by illegal immigrants to cross the Mediterranean to Italy were thwarted in Tunisia in one week, the Tunisian National Guard said on Monday. The Tunisian coastguard foiled these illegal immigration attempts off the country’s coast and rescued 2,469 illegal immigrants between 28 January and 3 February, the National Guard said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. Among the illegal immigrants rescued were 2,064 people of various African nationalities and 405 Tunisian nationals, the statement added. TunisianMonitorOnline

 A total of 392 illegal immigrants stranded in Tunisia embarked on a home return in the past three days, TAP reported on Friday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced that it had facilitated their safe and dignified return, according to the report. The immigrants included 163 individuals from Burkina Faso, 165 Gambians, 33 Malians, 23 Senegalese, seven people from Guinea and one Liberian. In 2023, the IOM arranged the return of 2,257 illegal immigrants stranded in Tunisia to their homeland. This figure increased by 45 % compared to 2022.…

A number of civil society organizations have expressed their support for the complaint filed by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Many hope that the ICJ will follow the South African legal team’s request and grant an interim order calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, as requested by South Africa. “We wanted to thank South Africa, through its embassy in Tunisia, for doing what no Arab or Islamic country has done by calling for a ceasefire, because innocent people are still dying in Palestine today,”…

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will this week visit Egypt and Tunisia, Beijing said on Thursday, as part of a four-country Africa tour before he heads to Brazil and Jamaica, Arab News reports. Wang’s first trip of the new year comes as China increasingly focuses on ties in the Global South, seeking to bolster its influence in regions traditionally dominated by the US and its allies. Wang’s Africa trip, which will also include Togo and Cote d’Ivoire, will take place from Jan.13 to 18, the foreign ministry said.China has historically…

Tunisia and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) agreed on Tuesday to strengthen bilateral cooperation on security reform, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said in a statement. The decision was taken at a meeting held in Tunis between Tunisian Interior Minister Kamel Feki and UNDP Resident Representative in Tunisia Céline Moyroud. Mr. Feki reiterated his country’s commitment to strengthening cooperation in security reform, in line with the standards and provisions of international conventions and agreements. The two officials also stressed the need to adopt community policing in more of Tunisia’s provinces,…

At a meeting with Tunisian President Kais Saied in Tunis, Russian Foreign Minister G. Lavrov said that Russian agricultural yields had been good “for the second or third year running” and that Russia was keen to help Tunisia. “There is interest in increasing deliveries of our grain,” Lavrov said, without specifying conditions or cost. “We are ready to do so. We are ready to do it,” he added. Following his meeting with Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar, Mr. Lavrov said that “we have agreed to develop our cooperation in all…