Periodic visits are organized by consular missions to prisons and detention centers in Italy, which makes it possible to establish contact with the Tunisians there, to inquire about their conditions of accommodation and detention and to closely monitor possible cases of mistreatment.
An authorized source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed yesterday that the protection of the rights of Tunisians abroad is at the top of the department’s priorities, ensuring that numerous mechanisms and institutions are responsible for this issue.
She notably cited the agreements concluded in the field of migration and employment, both at bilateral and multilateral level, in addition to the actions carried out by diplomatic and consular missions abroad and the contacts permanently established with embassies. and consulates of foreign countries in Tunisia.
Tunisia has always vigorously refused the inhuman and discriminatory treatment to which Tunisians could be victims, whatever the motives, it was argued.
The source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explains that the department automatically monitors Tunisians placed in prisons or detention centers in different European countries, Italy in particular.
And to add that the representatives of Tunisia abroad during their multiple meetings with Italian officials have always insisted on improving the conditions of reception and accommodation of Tunisians detained in Italian prisons or illicitly entered on Italian soil.
In addition, periodic visits are organized by consular missions to prisons and detention centers in Italy, which allows, she explained, to establish contact with the Tunisians who are there, to inquire about their conditions of accommodation and detention and closely monitor possible cases of mistreatment.
The source recalled that a series of official meetings took place recently, between the Tunisian consul in Palermo and regional officials from Sicily, to defend the case of Tunisian migrants placed in the reception centers of Lampedusa and to plead for improvement. of their reception and accommodation conditions in these structures.
Every day, the services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs receive several Tunisians who wish to contact their loved ones who are in Italian prisons or detention centers, ensuring that the department works through its missions abroad with a view to respond to their grievances.
The ministry is seeking with partners, in particular those who require entry visas for Tunisians, ways to relax this measure and remove certain obstacles that oppose the principle of freedom of movement, added the same source. underlines the need to preserve the dignity of visa applicants and offer them the best reception conditions.
Moreover, the department is negotiating with certain countries the abolition of visas and the search for more practical options that facilitate the movement of people.
2023-12-19 23:15:47
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