The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Tunisia has reported that a group of Ivorian migrants that had been stranded at the border between Tunisia and Libya are now safe and receiving humanitarian assistance.
Tunisian authorities stopped a group of migrants who were allegedly trying to reach Italy illegally over the weekend. They arrested the four alleged organizers, who are being investigated for "forming an organised crime group aimed at illegally leaving the maritime border."
Various associations have launched an appeal calling for an immediate protection intervention for 36 people who are blocked in very difficult conditions at the border between Tunisia and Libya.
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Tunisia has prevented 53 Ivorian and Sudanese citizens from illegally entering the country, according to the country's defence ministry. Meanwhile, an unverified video on Facebook claims that the migrants were left in the desert without any food or water.
Tunisian authorities stopped about 100 people who were trying to reach Italy without a visa over the weekend, according to the Tunisian interior ministry.
The NGO Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux (FTDES) has lashed out at EU migration policies in the southern Mediterranean and especially in Tunisia, as well as the Schengen visa system, in its first report on migration.
The mayor of the Tunisian city of Zarzis has asked for solidarity from other coastal areas of the country to help bury the bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
More than one thousand migrants from Tunisia arrived in Spain and Italy in the first half of this year. That's according to a report by the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) on irregular immigration.
After an Italy-bound boat filled with migrants sank off Tunisia last week, 38 more bodies were recovered from the sea. The migrant boat disaster, one of the worst in recent months with at least 58 confirmed deaths, highlights the increasing risk migrants face trying to cross the Central Mediterranean from Africa to Europe.
A sailboat belonging to Italian charity Mediterranea Saving Humans has rescued 54 people including pregnant women and children in distress off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Barred from docking in Italy, it refuses to accept an offer by Malta to take in the migrants. It is the 21st stand-off since Italy's populist government has begun refusing any port access to humanitarian groups rescuing migrants at sea.
An Italian coast guard vessel has safely landed 55 migrants on the island of Lampdusa after rescuing them from nearby waters. However, Rome has also refused entry to a ship that rescued migrants in distress off Libya.