Italy to expulse 12000 illegal migrants including 4000 Tunisians

Italy is set to flash out 12000 people from its territory including 4000 Tunisians, for illegal migration, the European country’s Interior minister Matteo Pintedosi has indicated.
According to Pintedosi, the move targets illegal migrants who arrived in the first half of this year and is in accordance with the Cutro decree adopted in May and which seeks to scan asylum seekers.
The decree also seeks to render migration conditions stricter. Only a minority of people will be able to benefit, including migrants with “particularly serious medical conditions that cannot be adequately treated in their country of origin”, reports say.
Italy has been struggling with open-ended waves of illegal migrants including southern Saharan Africans arriving from its southern neighbors Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and mainly Tunisia. Italian authorities have inked several agreements with their Tunisians counterparts to curb departures.
Italy in April announced a State of emergency on immigration following a “sharp rise” of migrant arrivals along the country’s southern shores. The state of emergency will last for six months and will be backed by initial funding of 5 million euros ($5.42m).
The 12,000 illegal migrants also stem from Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal and The Gambia, all these countries considered as safe countries to receive back their nationals.