The ASGI report, edited by the Sciabaca & Oruka project, detailing legal disputes arising from Italian-Tunisian cooperation on migration, is published in four languages. Cooperation between Italy and Tunisia on migration has significantly intensified in recent years, with Tunisia assuming a pivotal role as a transit country. Policies restricting mobility have been refined through mutually […]
TUNISIA
Tunisia is a candidate to be the next regional disembarkation platform. It is defined as a safe haven for migrant boats rejected in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately, the conditions of reception and detention of foreign citizens and refugees, many of them rejected from Libya, are unclearly managed by international agencies and by the government itself.
July 11 – Restrictions on mobility in Tunisia: litigation experiences
In Tunisia, as well as in Libya, policies financed and endorsed by Italy and the European Union to control mobility lead to severe violations of migrant rights. During this training, we will explore legal strategies tested by civil society to challenge these policies and address resulting violations. We will discuss these issues with ASGI lawyers […]
Patrol boats to Tunisia, the Council of State grants Italian civil society’s precautionary petition
Suspension of Patrol Boat Transfer to Tunisia Pending Further Notice. Hearing Scheduled for July 11 in Council Chamber. ASGI, ARCI, ActionAid, Mediterranea Saving Humans, Spazi Circolari, and Le Carbet – supported by FTDES – have filed an appeal with the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio, contesting the allocation of 4.8 million euros for the refitting […]
ASGI’s report on Trafficking in women, from Côte d’Ivoire to Tunisia
ASGI’s report, authored by Giacomo Ciarniello under the supervision of the Sciabaca&Oruka Project, focuses on trafficking in women from Côte d’Ivoire to Tunisia and the impact of European externalization policies The influx of people, particularly women, migrating to Italy from Côte d’Ivoire via Tunisia has significantly increased in recent years. Since 2019, the International Organization […]
Assisted ‘voluntary’ return programs. Perspectives and opportunities for litigation
Program 3pm – 3:30pm IOM accountability in shaping and implementing externalization policies. Cathryn Costello, Professor of Global Refugee and Migration Law at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin. 3:30pm – 4pm Lawfulness of European funding for AVR from transit countries. Legal framework and remedies at the EU level. Andreina De Leo, PhD researcher, […]
One year on from the start of the crisis, violations of migrants’ rights continue in Tunisia
More than a year after the President of the Republic of Tunisia’s statement following a meeting of the National Security Council linking the presence of migrants to “a plot to alter the demographic composition of Tunisia”, systematic violations and racist and xenophobic campaigns targeting sub-Saharan migrants in the country continue unabated. The policies of successive […]
Italian funding for the voluntary returns from Tunisia
Data from the project “Enhancing Response Mechanisms and Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants in Tunisia” have been published The Oruka project submitted a series of FOIA requests to access data on the project which has been funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2021 and operated by IOM in Tunisia and is due to end […]
La cooperazione italiana in Tunisia: rafforzato il progetto OIM Enhancing Response Mechanisms and Assistance of Vulnerable Migrants in Tunisia
Pubblicati i documenti ottenuti tramite FOIA al Ministero degli Esteri Il 4 maggio del 2023, il Ministro degli Esteri Tajani ha dichiarato che, “quale seguito concreto dell’incontro con il Ministro degli Esteri tunisino Nabil Ammar” è stato “disposto uno stanziamento di 10 milioni di euro, di cui 6,5 per ulteriori forniture di equipaggiamenti per il […]
Deadly policies in the Mediterranean: stop the shipwrecks caused off the coast of Tunisia
For two years now, the number of shipwrecks and disappearances of boats of people on the move trying to reach Italy happening close to the Tunisian coast has been increasing. According to figures from the FTDES (Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights), between the beginning of the year and the end of November 2022, […]
The strong man for a safe country: the “new” Tunisia of Mr Kais Saied
By Lorenzo Figoni Starting from the decision made on the 25th of July 2021 by the President of the Republic, the Tunisian Mr Kais Saied, to suspend the Parliament’s activity, Tunisia has entered into a vortex of deep changes. The decision is part of a panorama where Tunisia is already in difficulty, with a country […]
