Top Italian and European Union officials are holding talks in Tunisia on Monday to try to stem the growing numbers of migrants crossing from the North African country to Europe. More migrants landing in Italy now came from Tunisia than departed from neighboring lawless Libya, according to Italian government figures released Saturday. Lamorgese, who visited Tunisia just two weeks ago for similar talks, said the trip is aimed at boosting Europe-wide solidarity with Tunisia. Tunisia’s leader said he wants to broaden the migration discussion with Italy to make it more European, according to the official news agency TAP. Police said that in July alone they had detained a total of 567 migrants attempting to illegally transit North Macedonia.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 17, 2020 12:56 UTC