Tunisian Minister of Interior, Khaled Nouri, launched an appeal for additional confirmation on the migration front, while participating on March 31 in the "Border Security: Organized Crime in Migration" summit in London.
"Contrasting irregular migration goes beyond the capacity of any single country on its own, even if it has all the material and human resources", said Tunisian Minister of Interior of Tunis, Khaled Nouri, during his intervention on 31 March at the "Border Security: Organized Crime in Migration" summit in London.
He underscored the importance of "unifying international efforts and strengthening cooperation mechanisms for joint cooperation among countries and efficient international organizations", according to a statement posted by the Ministry on Facebook.
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'Root cause of irregular migration must be addressed'
In London, Minister Nouri reiterated Tunisia's call for a partnership-based approach and on sharing the onus of all interested parties, while at the same time guaranteeing the respect of universal human rights principles and international conventions to mitigate this phenomenon.
The Minister also underscored the need to face the root causes that contribute to the diffusion of irregular migration, in particular the disparity of development of the different countries of origin and destination, and he discussed how to strengthen cooperation in the fight against crimes linked to irregular migration, specifically those that cause the interruption of financial flows.
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46 Countries participated at the London Summit
On the margin of the summit, Minister Nouri met with the British Secretary of State, Yvette Cooper, the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum, Angela Eagle, the Italian Minister of Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, the Iraqi Minister Amir Al-Shammari, the Austrian one Gerhard Karner, the French one Gérald Darmanin, the Nigerian one Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and the Deputy Secretary of State for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hamish Falconer.
At the event there were 46 delegations present, 37 Ministers, not to mention regional and international organizations such as the European Union, the Council of Europe, the United Nations Office against drugs and crime and representatives of social media platforms like X, Meta and TikTok.
The "Border Security: Organized Crime in Migration" is a platform to discuss and strengthen targeted mechanisms to jointly fight irregular migration and face transnational crimes associated to it.
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