The interior ministry said Tuesday
that the repatriation of Tunisian migrants who land in Italy
will resume on August 10.
These repatriations had stopped during the coronavirus lockdown.
The ministry said that, under the terms of an agreement with
Tunis, two flights carrying a maximum of 40 returning Tunisians
each can run for the repatriations every week.
Italy has seen a big rise in the arrival of migrants from North
Africa in recent weeks, putting immense strain on its reception
facilities.
Many of the arrivals have come from Tunisia.
Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, meanwhile, said that the
reinforcement of the military contingent on the border with
Slovenia was "imminent".
The minister made the pledge and said the government was
devoting "maximum attention to the migratory phenomenon in the
north east" during a meeting with Tatjana Rojc and Debora
Serracchiani, two lawmakers from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia
region.
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