# Rutte joins von der Leyen in Tunis for a migration memorandum

Date: 2023

On 16 July 2023 [Rutte](/people/mark-rutte) stood with the Commission President and [Meloni](/people/mig-giorgia-meloni) in Tunis as a migration-and-finance memorandum was signed. Rights groups documented later abuse. Presence is a completed political act.

## People

- Mark Rutte: https://factrail.ai/people/mark-rutte

## Drivers

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

## Sources

- https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/
- https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/19/tunisia-no-safe-haven-black-african-migrants-refugees

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-tunisia-trip-rutte-2023