{"id":439566,"date":"2025-11-06T16:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/11\/06\/rischio-di-complicita-tunisia-ue-amnesty-denuncia-le-violenze-di-tunisi-contro-i-migranti\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:14:37","slug":"risk-of-complicity-tunisia-eu-amnesty-denounces-tunis-violence-against-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/11\/06\/risk-of-complicity-tunisia-eu-amnesty-denounces-tunis-violence-against-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"“Risk of complicity” Tunisia-EU. Amnesty denounces Tunis violence against migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – “European leaders risk becoming Tunisia’s accomplices. This is because every day they continue to support their dangerous attack on the rights of migrants.” Heba Morayef,<\/strong> Amnesty International<\/strong> director general for the Middle East and North Africa, does not mince her words, commenting on the report<\/a> published today, 6 November, on Tunisia’s “dangerous shift in migration policy.” In the NGO’s crosshairs is the EU-Tunisia agreement<\/a>, signed in 2023, which aims to reduce the number of migrants heading to<\/span> Europe.<\/p>\n

According to Amnesty, the agreement has in no way improved the situation. On the contrary, the document says, “the testimonies reveal a migration and asylum system designed to exclude and punish<\/strong> rather than protect.” Tunis’ approach is characterised by violence of all kinds: dangerous raids<\/strong> against boats heading north, systematic abandonment<\/strong> of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in remote and deserted areas. Another scourge, the organisation denounces, is the racial rhetoric towards black people. <\/strong>This is carried out by the authorities themselves, who foster a climate of discrimination and violence that worsens the plight of asylum seekers.<\/p>\n

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From left: Mark Rutte, Ursula von der Leyen, Kais Saied, and Giorgia Meloni at the signing of the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding, 17 July 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Tunisia-Union Agreement<\/h3>\n

Despite this, Tunisia benefits from an advantageous agreement with the European Union. The memorandum dated July 2023 provides for extensive cooperation across several areas: migration is only one of five pillars, along with green transition, the economy, and macro-financial stability. However, the central theme remains the management of migration flows. To this end, Brussels has allocated about \u20ac<\/strong><\/span>105 million <\/strong>in EU funds to <\/span>strengthen the Tunisian coastguard,<\/strong> <\/span>finance repatriation programmes,<\/strong> and support technical training.<\/span><\/p>\n

European Immigration Commissioner Magnus Brunner claimed<\/a> the agreement’s success<\/span> back in June, speaking of “tangible progress in all areas.” The Commissioner’s main satisfaction is that irregular arrivals from Tunisia have been reduced by 80 per cent<\/a>. However, this took place in a context of severe human rights violations<\/strong> documented by Amnesty International.<\/p>\n

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@amnesty<\/a>\u2019s new report warns of the EU\u2019s risk of complicity in refugee & migrant rights violations in Tunisia where the migration system is built on racist violence, reckless sea interceptions, arbitrary detention & unlawful collective expulsions.https:\/\/t.co\/HfRLOnF8ZO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Amnesty EU (@AmnestyEU) November 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The violence<\/h3>\n

This violence is brought to light in the document published today. The NGO collected the testimonies of 120 refugees<\/strong> in the Tunisian cities of Sfax, Zarzis, and Tunis.<\/strong> Many accounts describe incidents of abuse and forced deportations. “Ezra”, an Ivorian citizen, told Amnesty: “We arrived at the border area with Libya around six in the morning. One agent told us: ‘Go to Libya, they will kill you<\/strong>.’ Another added: ‘Either swim or run to Libya<\/strong>.’ They gave us a bag full of our broken phones.” Amnesty estimates that between June 2023 and May 2025, some 11,500 people were forcibly deported <\/strong>to Libya or Algeria.<\/p>\n

The report also emphasises how racist rhetoric<\/strong> is now an integral part of Tunisian public life. “Black refugees and migrants have been targeted by systematic racial profiling<\/strong>,” the text reads. A climate fuelled, Amnesty explains, by a “public propaganda of racial hatred,” sparked by “the d<\/span><\/a>eclarations <\/strong>of President Kais Saied in February 2023.”<\/p>\n

Despite the blatant human rights violations documented, the memorandum between Tunisia and Italy has neither formal termination clauses nor automatic validity limits.<\/strong> For this reason, the agreement will remain in force<\/strong> even after the publication of this report. Bringing more money to Tunis and fewer migrants to Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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