# Union and Tunisia sign a memorandum on migration and finance

Date: 2023

On 16 July 2023 von der Leyen, Meloni, and the Dutch prime minister joined a Commission-Tunisia memorandum [Michel](/people/charles-michel)’s Council had politically backed: money against departures. Rights groups later documented abuse of people expelled into the desert.

## People

- Charles Michel: https://factrail.ai/people/charles-michel

## Drivers

- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/19/tunisia-no-safe-haven-black-african-migrants-refugees
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3887

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-tunisia-mou-2023