The Parlamentarians discuss the strengthening of EU cooperation with Tunisia on migration. Following an increase in arrivals of migrants by boat from Tunisia via the Central Mediterranean route, MEPs will with the Spanish Council Presidency and the Commission the recent memorandum of understanding between the EU and Tunisia. MEPs are expected to raise questions about the scope of the cooperation and its legal status. They are also interested in the measures to fight smuggling and to improve cooperation on search and rescue at sea.

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

EU - Tunisia (T)

GAHLER, Michael (EPP, DE)

migration and refugees in Europe (T)

LENAERS, Jeroen (EPP, NL)

SIPPEL, Birgit (S&D, DE)

CASTALDO, Fabio Massimo (Renew, IT)

IN 'T VELD, Sophia (Renew, NL)

BAY, Nicolas (ECR, FR)

BJÖRK, Malin (The Left, SE)

CZARNECKI, Ryszard (ECR, PL)

ERNST, Cornelia (The Left, DE)

BENIFEI, Brando (S&D, IT)

FERRARA, Laura (NI, IT)

SATOURI, Mounir (Greens/EFA, FR)

KANKO, Assita (ECR, BE)

AZMANI, Malik (Renew, NL)

STRIK, Tineke (Greens/EFA, NL)

OETJEN, Jan-Christoph (Renew, DE)

ZIMNIOK, Bernhard (ID, DE)

BARTOLO, Pietro (S&D, IT)

TARDINO, Annalisa (ID, IT)

MILAZZO, Giuseppe (ECR, IT)

DE MEO, Salvatore (EPP, IT)

EU-Tunisia Agreement - aspects related to external migration policy: MEPs debate (part 1)

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Brando BENIFEI (S&amp;D, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Malik AZMANI (Renew, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Tineke STRIK (Greens/EFA, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Assita KANKO (ECR, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Annalisa TARDINO (ID, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Cornelia ERNST (The Left, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Salvatore DE MEO (EPP, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Birgit SIPPEL (S&amp;D, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jan-Christoph OETJEN (Renew, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mounir SATOURI (Greens/EFA, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Giuseppe MILAZZO (ECR, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Thierry MARIANI (ID, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Malin BJ&#214;RK (The Left, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nicolas BAY (NI, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Pietro BARTOLO (S&amp;D, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sophia IN &apos;T VELD (Renew, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Bernhard ZIMNIOK (ID, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Laura FERRARA (NI, IT), -