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The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

MEPs refused entry to Tunisia two months after signing of migration deal

(From left) Mark Rutte, Ursula Von der Leyen, Kais Saied and Giorgia Meloni in Tunis in July, when the pact was signed.
(From left) Mark Rutte, Ursula Von der Leyen, Kais Saied and Giorgia Meloni in Tunis in July, when the pact was signed. Photograph: Hollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock

A group of MEPs from the European parliament have been refused entry to Tunisia, raising questions about the controversial partnership on migration that Tunisia signed with the EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen and the Italian leader, Giorgia Meloni, this summer.

The foreign affairs committee, chaired by the German MEP Michael Gahler, was due to arrive in the country on Friday. “We have cancelled the trip. We have not been given reasons for the refused entry, that would be speculation,” he said.

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