Written Question

Tunisia: Migrants

Monday 5th February 2024

Asked by: Lord Patten (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of Tunisia in preventing movement across the Mediterranean of migrants seeking to reach Europe and potentially the United Kingdom.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Government of Tunisia is facing a challenging situation with regards to irregular migration flows into and from the country. More than 95,000 people crossed the Mediterranean Sea from Tunisia to Italy in 2023. Efforts to prevent crossings are improving, despite the scale of the challenge and the resources necessary to effectively do this. To support these efforts, the UK is working with the relevant authorities, and is funding an assisted voluntary returns programme in Tunisia, alongside likeminded partners, to support the safe return of migrants from Tunisia to their countries of origin.

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Select Committee

Chatham House, Peter Millett, and Denisse Rudich

Oral Evidence Jan. 30 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: The risk of extremist elements coming up from the south, or from Tunisia or other countries, and using

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Select Committee

Chatham House, Helen Lackner, and Dr Elisabeth Kendall

Oral Evidence Jan. 30 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: The risk of extremist elements coming up from the south, or from Tunisia or other countries, and using

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Select Committee

Just Fair

RWA0009 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill

Written Evidence Jan. 29 2024

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: (Türkiye); 43.296 Respect the principle of non-refoulement and prohibit collective expulsions (Tunisia

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Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Baker of Dorking (Con - Life peer) but can anybody mention a safe country that would take refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia - Speech Link

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Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Jan. 26 2024

Source Page: Women’s economic empowerment and climate change: an update to the WOW targeted guidance 3 primer
Document: Women’s economic empowerment and climate change: an update to the WOW targeted guidance 3 primer, June 2023 (PDF)

Found: Changing Laws and Breaking Barriers for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia

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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Jan. 25 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 28 December 23 to 15 January 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 28 December 23 to 15 January 2024 (PDF)

Found: Lanka Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan* Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor -Leste Togo Tunisia

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