On Sunday, the Tunisian presidency and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that Tunisian President Kais Saied and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have signed a "strategic partnership" agreement that would help combat human smugglers.
"(The partnership) contains agreements on disrupting the business model of people smugglers and human traffickers, strengthening border control, and improving registration and return. All essential measures for bolstering efforts to stop irregular migration," Rutte wrote on Twitter.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the agreement, which aims to "invest in shared prosperity" and includes "five pillars", including migration issues.
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