© HANDOUT Tunisia's President Kais Saied (left) meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. The foreign minister praised Tunisian efforts to stem the flow of irregular migrants, according to a statement on the presidency's websiteItaly's top diplomat Luigi Di Maio discussed clandestine migration with Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday, in his first visit to the North African country since the president's July 25 power grab. The foreign minister praised Tunisian efforts to stem the flow of irregular migrants, according to a statement on the presidency's website. He called for new strategies to encourage "regular migration according to mechanisms that respect the rights of migrants". Several Tunisian civil society groups marked Di Maio's visit with a press conference to demand answers over the death of a Tunisian migrant who had arrived in Sicily in October.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 29, 2021 00:11 UTC