{"id":112001,"date":"2024-03-05T10:24:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T09:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asgi.it\/sciabaca-oruka\/italian-funding-for-the-voluntary-returns-from-tunisia\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:59:35","slug":"italian-funding-for-the-voluntary-returns-from-tunisia","status":"publish","type":"sciabaca-oruka","link":"https:\/\/www.asgi.it\/en\/sciabaca-oruka\/italian-funding-for-the-voluntary-returns-from-tunisia\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian funding for the voluntary returns from Tunisia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Data from the project “Enhancing Response Mechanisms and Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants in Tunisia” have been published<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Oruka project submitted a series of FOIA requests to access data on the project which has been funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2021 and operated by IOM in Tunisia and is due to end in February 2025. The project has two main objectives, the first being the \u201dAccess to short-term humanitarian assistance and to protection is available to the most vulnerable migrants in Tunisia\u201d, and the second being the \u201cStranded migrants have access to durable solutions, including Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration assistance\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is currently funded for a total of around EUR 6 million, as established by subsequent agreements that expanded and modified its structure. In particular, during two successive amendments, it was decided to shift funds to the second objective, i.e. to the so-called voluntary repatriation activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The six-monthly reports sent by IOM to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to which ASGI had access, describe an extremely critical situation. Among the people repatriated from Tunisia to their countries of origin there are women from countries with a high risk of trafficking, such as the Ivory Coast, people from countries in conflict situations, such as Sudan or Mali, and minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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