(ANSAmed) - Rome, April 12 - Tunisia's Ambassador to Rome
Moez Sinaoui told an ANSA Forum on Wednesday that an agreement
between Italy and Tunisia on migration has effectively solved
the problem of illegal arrivals from that North African nation.
"Thanks to the agreement with Italy to manage the flows,
illegal immigration from Tunisia is no longer a problem,"
Sinaoui said.
"The agreement has been respected by both sides - the control
of the coasts on our side, the supply of motorboats by Italy.
"In 2016 there were just 1,204 illegal Tunisians in Italy out
of a total of 180,000, practically nothing, and they were all
repatriated.
"It is necessary to give hope to young Tunisians, to make it
possible for them to find work and be inserted into the legal
migration systems".
Sinaoui added that he was confident the security situation
had improved in Tunisia, following several big terrorist attacks
in 2015.
"Things on the security front are going better. We have not
had attacks in the last two years," he said.
"But the truth is that no city in the world is safe and can
say it is out of the terrorists' sights.
"We have passed laws to prevent terrorism and to stop the
return of fighters from the Middle East.
"Things are going better for tourism too, although not (for
holidaymakers) from Italy, after the (March 2015) Bardo Museum
attack, in which (four) Italians were among the victims.
"We have to rebuild trust and working together is the best
way to do that".
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