Three Years On, the EU-Tunisia Deal Continues to Fuel Human Rights Violations

”A Blueprint For Complicity” – Joint Statement by 46 human rights and humanitarian organisations

Brussels, Belgium – 16 July 2026

Three years ago today, the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding was signed. Since then, the EU has allocated millions of euros to migration control in Tunisia despite mounting evidence of serious human rights violations associated with EU support.

Today, together with 45 other human rights and humanitarian organisations, we call on the European Commission and EU member states to stop funding abusive migration control activities and put human rights at the centre of migration cooperation.

Read our joint statement below: