Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands have co-financed a modern training center for border police in southern Tunisia.
Migration policy does not only start at the borders of Austria, but in Africa. Particularly in the southern Tunisian city of Nafta, on the border with Algeria. Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands have co-financed a training center for border police officers there. The aim is to establish effective border protection in one of the most important transit countries for migrants.
1000 kilometers of sandy beach must be monitored
“We must prevent people from even making the dangerous journey by sea to Europe. The key to this lies in robust border protection and the fight against human trafficking,” said Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) at the opening of the facility together with his colleagues Kaare Dybvad Bek from Denmark and Kamel Feki from Tunisia.
The country has 1,000 kilometers of sandy beaches where refugee boats can leave. And Italy is less than 200 kilometers away. In Algeria, on the other hand, there are many more rocky beaches where boats cannot enter the water. The new training center is intended to support Tunisia in setting up a robust border guard. The project cost 3.5 million euros, of which Austria financed one million. 200 agents are trained in an area of 12,000 square meters.
Tunisia receives money from the EU for migrants (see video above), and the deal continues to spark debate.
Source: Krone
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