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BRUSSELS, March 24 (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday that if financial stability is not maintained in Tunisia, Europe It will face the risk of a huge wave of migrants coming to its shores from North Africa.
Tunisia since July 2021, the president Regarding Kais Said seizing most of the powers, shutting down the parliament and coming to power by decree political live in turmoil.
Rescue talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have stalled for months, with the United States, among others, seeking cash from Said. free requires large-scale reforms.
Meloni European Union “Perhaps not everyone is aware of the importance of protecting financial stability in a country with serious financial problems,” he told reporters after the leaders’ summit in Brussels.
“If we do not adequately address these issues, we risk launching an unprecedented wave of migration.”
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told RAI public radio on Friday that if economic aid to Tunisia is not given soon, Europe could see the arrival of “tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands” of boat migrants.
Tajani said that he will divide the aid funds into parts to the EU foreign ministers on Monday offer The first payment is made immediately free was done, and then it was associated with progress in reforms.
European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni will travel to Tunisia on March 27 to meet Tunisian officials and discuss the government’s proposed reforms.
The commission “may consider an offer of financial assistance if the preconditions are met,” the statement said.
to Italy by 2023 20More than .000 boat migrants arrived, a trend that threatens the all-time record of 181,436 people who arrived in 2016, mostly by rogue vessels.
At least 12,000 of those arriving in Italy this year left Tunisia, compared with 1,300 in the same period in 2022, according to the United Nations.
Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro; Edited by Bradley Perrett and Gavin Jones
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2023-03-25 02:47:53
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