Tunisia. Operation against illegal immigrants: 300 arrested in the governorate of Sfax

Bessem Ben Dhaou –

SFAX (Tunisia). During the night between 27 and 28 May, units of the National and Naval Guards of Sfax managed to thwart 10 operations related to irregular migration off the island of Kerkennah. The police forces of Jebniana, in the governorate of Sfax, arrested 300 people, including Tunisians and sub-Saharans, who intended to embark to reach the Italian coast.
The Tunisian government remains at the forefront of hindering the operations of human traffickers. Despite this, over 47,000 illegal migrants have already arrived in Italy since the beginning of the year, such as reported by the Ministry of the Interior Italian.