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Now playing Next Tunisia Tunisia and Libya agree to share responsibility for stranded migrants A spokesperson for Tunisia's interior ministry said migrants were transferred to reception centres and provided with health and psychological care, with the help of the Tunisian Red Crescent. 11/08/2023
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Now playing Next world news European leaders offer more aid to Tunisia in effort to curb migration Tunisia's increasingly autocratic president hosted the leaders of Italy, the Netherlands and the European Union on Sunday for talks aimed at smoothing the way for an international bailout and restoring stability to a country that has become a major source of migration to Europe. 11/06/2023
Now playing Next world news Meloni expresses hope for IMF bailout deal for Tunisia Italy's prime minister was already in Tunisia earlier this week where she met with President Kais Saied to lay the groundwork for an agreement with the EU, which she said would hopefully pave the way for a bailout with the IMF. 09/06/2023
Now playing Next world news Body of toddler found by Tunisian coastguards after sinking of migrant Tunisian coastguards found the body of a toddler on Friday, two days after two boats operated by people smugglers sank off the coast. Forty people, including five other children and the girl's mother, are still missing. 03/06/2023
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Now playing Next Tunisia Euroviews. The EU is facing a crisis of value-based solidarity with Tunisia Brussels and its partners should urgently stand with democracy activists and support democratic institutions that, together, hold Tunisia’s leaders accountable, Ikram Ben Said and Nicole Rowsell write. 29/05/2023