Tunisian rights groups called on Friday for emergency aid and shelters for migrants expelled from Sfax last week, as dozens of people protested in Tunis in support of their plight
The Tunisian coastguard said Thursday it had recovered the bodies of 13 migrants after a shipwreck off Sfax, the port where violent clashes erupted last week between migrants and residents
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Tunisian rights groups on Friday called for emergency aid and shelters for migrants expelled from Sfax last week, as dozens of people protested in Tunis in support of their plight.Around 100 protesters demonstrated Friday evening in Tunis at the call of an anti-fascist coalition, expressing their "solidarity with undocumented migrants".
A report by the Guardian, on Friday (July 14) said that the European Commission president will return to Tunisia, over the weekend with the prime ministers of Italy and the Netherlands to sign a $1.12 billion (1 billion euro) deal.
What is the deal all about?
The billion euro package was first announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen by the Europe Union for the North African nation.