TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Days after Tunisia’s president insisted that he remains unwilling to let Europe outsource migration problems to his country, Italy’s prime minister acknowledged Wednesday that the North African nation “cannot become the arrival point for migrants coming from the rest of Europe.”
On her fourth visit to Tunisia in the past year, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sidestepped tensions over how to manage migration via the Mediterranean. She instead praised Tunisia and Italy’s shared priorities in fighting human traffickers and repatriating African migrants back to their home countries.
Meloni and Tunisian President Kais Saied signed new accords as part of Italy’s “Mattei Plan” for Africa, a continent-wide strategy aimed at growing economic opportunities and preventing migration to Europe. Meloni also promised to expand efforts to repatriate migrants to their home countries.
New Mexico special legislative session to focus on public safety initiatives
There's the Wallys! Darts fans brawl in the crowd
Cleanup of homeless encampment along Santa Ana River hits a snag in Newport Beach
Blake Lively says she dreamed up husband Ryan Reynolds as she promotes their new animated film IF
Climate change will cost about $38 trillion a year by 2049, a new study calculates
Robert De Niro, 80, walks hand
What time does Coachella 2024 start? What to know about the music festival.
Rachael Blackmore to place in BOTH rides on Day 2 of Aintree boosted to 11/4
Pakistani security forces kill 7 militants trying to sneak into the country from Afghanistan
Bayern Munich kick a ball around a £3,500
Hundreds pay tribute to police officer shot dead 40 years ago from inside Libya's UK embassy
Grand National Festival horse Giovinco dies after falling mid