Photo: DPAChancellor Angela Merkel announced a new agreement with Tunisia on tackling illegal migration during a visit Friday, following tensions over the case of the Tunisian suspect in the Berlin market attack. Merkel, on a two-day trip to North Africa that also included a stop in Egypt, said Germany and Tunisia had agreed on faster repatriations for rejected asylum seekers and job training for Tunisians. Merkel said that the two countries had agreed that questions from Germany on the identities of Tunisian asylum seekers will be answered within 30 days. Her trip is part of a larger diplomatic push by the German leader, who last year visited Mali, Niger and Ethiopia. Merkel was joined on her trip by a business delegation that could bring much-needed investments.

Source: The Local March 03, 2017 14:43 UTC