Associations representing Tunisian civil society have spoken out against the insistence on connecting the two sets of negotiations proposed by the European Commission, one on a visa facilitation agreement and the other on the obligation upon Tunisia to readmit illegal migrants reaching Europe via its soil.
These negotiations between the EU and Tunis were officially launched on Wednesday 12 October in the Tunisian capital (see EUROPE 11644).
"As it stands, the draft readmission agreement...