Tunis authorizes the landing. 40 migrants arrested at sea for two weeks

It is the proposal of the EU to create regional landing platforms outside of Europe, in collaboration with UNHCR and IOM, a idea to which Tunisia has always opposed. It is not yet known when the 40 migrants will land, or in which port, although Zarzis is the closest. The Tunisian authorities have not yet formally notified the landing permission to Captain Ali Aiji, even though the car of the UNHCR, Tunisian Red Crescent and Oim reception in the port of Zarzis has already set in motion the migrants who will then be transferred to the reception point of Medenine, the main city of southwestern Tunisia.

More than 200 Africans and 46 refugees are already housed there and Sarost 5 migrants will be badisted for the first treatment, said Red Crescent President Mongi Slim. Thus ends the odyssey of 40 migrants after the refusal of the authorities of Malta, France and Italy to welcome them. An odyssey began more than two weeks ago with the departure of Libya. On 16 July, the Sarost 5, a supply ship owned by the namesake company operating mainly in Tunisia, rescued them from the Maltese search and rescue area after their boat broke down

. a group of refugees aged 17 to 36, including two pregnant women, from Egypt, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Senegal, Guinea, Côte d 'Ivoire and Sierra Leone. Since then, the ship has remained stationary off the coast of Tunisia pending the green light. "The first rescue operation took place in an area under the responsibility of the Maltese authorities and there was a dispute over which country should host the migrants," said the Tunisian Prime Minister. But the Maltese government rejected accusations of violating international law, forcing the ship to head for Tunisia. For days, humanitarian organizations were asking for a solution because the food and water on board was scarce and the health conditions of some refugees were getting worse.

The 40 were forced to stay on board for days and days with temperatures consistently above 30 degrees. Meanwhile, there is no sign of a decrease in the flow of refugees along the western Mediterranean road. The Spanish maritime rescue services also saved this morning 123 migrants on 12 different boats in the Strait of Gibraltar: between Friday and Saturday, Madrid had already saved more than 1000 people. The umpteenth confirmation that traffickers and migrants are heading west after the factual closure of the central route of the Mediterranean, the one towards Italy.