In a statement to the Tunisian public media, the Head of State said that "Tunisian coastguard vessels are there to protect the Tunisian coast". President Saïed was keen to point out that the Rome conference was also an opportunity to reiterate that the parties involved in the migration issue bear full moral responsibility in this matter. In other words, the current situation vividly depicts the contours of a world 'divided' into two blocks. One world dedicated to "human beings" and another for "the poor, the damned, the vulnerable", the President of the Republic strongly denounced. Displaced, weakened and forced to leave their homes by the agendas of criminal networks, these migrants have nothing to do with the communiqués issued here and there by a human rights organisation or forum," insisted President Saïed.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 24, 2023 06:58 UTC