Italy, Tunisia sign deal to ease migrant crisis
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Italy and Tunisia signed an accord on Tuesday to stem a wave of illegal migrants arriving in Italy from North Africa.
Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said the agreement included increasing police cooperation and compulsory repatriations, but he gave few details before a meeting with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday. "We have signed the minutes on a technical agreement on cooperation between our two countries against clandestine immigration," he told reporters in Tunis. (Reuters)
