In Sfax (south), Monastir and Nabeul (east), according to a press release from the National Guard
Tunisian authorities announced on Saturday the arrest of 101 irregular migrants of different African nationalities as they attempted to reach European shores.
This is what emerges from a press release by the spokesperson for the general management of the Tunisian National Guard, Houssem Eddine Jebabli, published on his official Facebook page.
According to the same source, “the maritime units of the National Guard (on the eastern coast) succeeded, yesterday, Friday, in thwarting two attempts to illegally cross the maritime borders, and to seize two boats, while 24 Tunisian migrants and 39 others of different African nationalities were arrested during this operation”.
“The maritime unit of the National Guard in Sfax (south) arrested a smuggler,” the statement said. And Jebabli added that “agents from the National Guard station in El-Amra, – a delegation under the governorate of Sfax -, were able, on the same day, to arrest two Tunisians and six Africans who were planning to illegally cross the borders “.
In the governorate of Nabeul (east coast), “the maritime units of the National Guard managed to thwart three attempts at illegal immigration and to seize three boats carrying 28 Tunisian migrants”, according to the same source.
In Téboulba, a coastal town in the governorate of Monastir (east), a maritime patrol of the National Guard was able to arrest a person involved in the formation of an illegal organization, according to the same press release.
“The necessary legal measures have been taken against all those arrested, in accordance with the instructions of the prosecution”, we still read from the same source.
Recently, Tunisia has experienced a remarkable increase in irregular migration flows to Europe, particularly to the Italian coasts, in light of the repercussions of the economic and political crises in the country and in various countries in the region.
The coasts of southeastern Tunisia are frequently the scene of rescue operations for irregular migrants, whose boats often suffer damage in the Mediterranean, on the sea route between Libya and the Italian island of Lampedusa.
