Tunisia

Three Years On, the EU-Tunisia Deal Continues to Fuel Human Rights Violations Joint Statement by 46 human rights and humanitarian organizations Three years since the signature of the European Union (EU)-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the agreement has not only failed to guarantee respect for refugees and migrants’ rights, it has fuelled and normalized serious human rights violations and undermined the EU’s leverage to address the deteriorating human rights environ

Tunisian police terrorising migrants and refugees in the Olive groves of Sfax 10.7.2025 Joint Statement | 10 February 2026 Ahead of the vote in the European Parliament on 10 February, we, the undersigned organisations, urge the Members of the European Parliament to reject the proposed EU-wide list of so-called ‘safe countries of origin’. This list is an instrument to deny access to protection and to legitimize violence and persecution in these countries. One cannot make a cou

Wooden boats from Libya and iron boats from Tunisia intercepted by Tunisian Coast Guard units in El Louza port, 40 km east of Sfax. Credits: Nissim Gasteli We, the undersigned organisations, issue this statement to remind once again that Tunisia is neither a safe country of origin nor a safe third country. Therefore, it cannot be considered as a place of safety for people rescued at sea. Given the Tunisian ongoing authoritarian state transformation (1) and the extreme violenc