00:01During his official visit to Germany on Wednesday, Tunisia's Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Nefti came with a key topic for
00:09his country, migration.
00:12Tunisia has been keen to promote its strategy of voluntary returns to curb migration.
00:21I am talking here about voluntary returns as a mechanism for safekeeping irregular migrants on Tunisian land.
00:30We have done what we can and we have taken the responsibility that was forced upon us.
00:37After all, these migrants are victims of human trafficking and so we must maintain their dignity
00:43so that their return is in the best of circumstances, to protect their dignity and to protect their safety.
00:52Voluntary returns mean that migrants accept to return to their country of origin,
00:57often for financial compensation and a paid flight.
01:04We have agreed with several countries to activate a mechanism that gives hope to those who are stranded
01:11and to those who have risked their lives to return to their homelands.
01:16The aim is for them to be accompanied by competent national and international organizations
01:22and partner countries in the field of training
01:27and encourage the establishment of development projects
01:31that enable them to stay in their countries.
01:40Tunisia said that last year 8,853 migrants accepted to return to their countries of origin.
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