The main migration policy instruments in Tunisia:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• 1989: Ratification of the 1969 AU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa.
• 1957/1968: Ratification of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 1968: Decree No. 68/198 of 22 June 1968, regulating the entry and stay of foreigners in Tunisia.
• 2003: Ratification of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol and the 2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants.
• 2016: Organic Law No. 2016/61 of 3 August 2016 on preventing and combating trafficking in persons.
• 2017: Organic Law No. 2017/45 of 7 June 2017, amending and supplementing Law No. 75/40 of 14 May 1975 on passports and travel documents.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs: 

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: focal point for international cooperation on migration issues; consular services for Tunisians abroad.
• Ministry of the Interior: Emigration and immigration issues.
• Ministry of Social Affairs: migration data (the National Migration Observatory is under the supervision of the Ministry); relations with the diaspora (Office des Tunisiens à l'Etranger).
• Department of National Defence: irregular migration; trafficking in persons; border control (air and ground reconnaissance operations).

Sources:

• Tunisie (2017): Rapport National. Examen périodique universel. 20 février 2017. https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G17/038/09/PDF/G1703809.pdf?OpenElement
• Observatoire National de la Migration (2017): Recueil des textes juridiques tunisiens relatifs à la migration. Édition 2017. http://www.migration.nat.tn/fr/publications/etudes-et-recherche/recueil-des-textes-juridiques-tunisiens-relatifs-%C3%A0-la-migration
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM

Last updated: November 2018