Tunisia Returns €60 Million in EU Aid as Migration Spat Simmers
Migrants gather outside offices for the International Organisation for Migration in Tunis, Tunisia.
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Tunisia wired a tranche of €60 million ($63.7 million) in financial support back to the European Union after tensions escalated on a deal to manage migration from North Africa.
“Our people reject charity,” President Kais Saied said Wednesday evening in a post on Facebook, calling for a strategic partnership based on equality and respect. The European Commission confirmed Thursday that it received the returned funds.