Italy to give Tunisia Ksh1.4 billion to stop migrants

By , K24 Digital
On Tue, 18 Aug, 2020 14:39 | < 1 min read
Libya’s coastguard rescuing 441 migrants on February 18, 2020 after their boats drifted off the western coast. [PHOTO | FILE]
Libya’s coastguard rescuing 441 migrants on February 18, 2020 after their boats drifted off the western coast. [PHOTO | FILE]
Libya’s coastguard rescuing 441 migrants on February 18, 2020 after their boats drifted off the western coast. [PHOTO | FILE]

The Italian government says it will give $13m (Ksh1.4 billion) to Tunisia, to help the country strengthen its maritime borders and stop hundreds of migrants crossing the Mediterranean in small boats.

During a visit to Tunis, Italy's foreign minister, Luigi Di Maio, said there was no more room in his country for people who arrived illegally.

The Italian government has already offered to train Tunisian land and sea forces to halt the departure of asylum seekers.

Italy has been struggling to deal with daily arrivals of hundreds of migrants to its southern shores, a task complicated by the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

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