2024-05-15 07:48:59
The Tunisian safety authorities mentioned that the Tunisian Coast Guard prevented greater than 21,000 irregular migrants from getting into Tunisian territory by way of its borders with Algeria and Libya.
The authorities added, based on what was reported by Agence France-Presse, that the variety of migrants crossing from the east elevated about 4 instances over the quantity recorded final yr, which amounted to five,256 migrants.
The Tunisian authorities additionally introduced that interceptions of migrants making an attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea in the direction of the Italian coasts elevated by 22.5% within the first 4 months of this yr in comparison with the identical interval in 2023.
The Libyan-Tunisian border, particularly the Al-Assa space, witnessed the inflow of enormous numbers of migrants of various African nationalities coming from Tunisia, who entered Libyan territory in an try and cross the Mediterranean in the direction of Europe.
Agence France-Presse quoted worldwide humanitarian organizations as saying that at the very least 5,500 migrants had been pushed from Tunisia in the direction of the border with Libya, and three,000 others in the direction of the border with Algeria late final yr.
The company indicated that amongst these displaced in the direction of the border had been a lot of these arrested by the Tunisian state as they tried to go away for Europe.
The Border Guard Service of the Ministry of Inside intensified its patrols within the Al-Assa border safety sector to stop the inflow and entry of migrants who had been expelled by the Tunisian authorities and compelled to enter Libya.
A Sudanese immigrant additionally spoke earlier to Al-Ahrar about being crushed, assaulted, and ill-treated by the Tunisian authorities, earlier than reaching the Libyan border. As well as, human rights organizations accused the Tunisian authorities of abusing and beating migrants throughout the technique of expelling them to the Libyan border.
In flip, the Tunisian Ministry of the Inside rejected the accusations directed in opposition to Tunisia, associated to the abuse of African migrants in Sub-Saharan Africa, following the migrant disaster on its border with Libya.
The Tunisian Inside Ministry mentioned in a press release that it rejects the allegations that may hurt Tunisia’s picture for suspicious functions, and that some events are exploiting the unlawful immigration file for misplaced ends, because it described it.
Supply: Agence France-Presse + Agence France-Presse + Libyan Ministry of Inside
2024-05-15 07:48:59