in the summer, the foreign minister of tunisia suggested there were 1.5 million in tunisia. a smaller group has established residency but it's very difficult to assess the scope of the population because libyans don't require a visa to enter tunisia. it has generously kept its border open throughout the crisis and so you have a situation of people using their own resources to travel into tunisia and they have not, for the most part registered as refugees although a sizeable group of the population would qualify for refugee status. so in effect tunisia has become a host state although they don't receive much international support. this is something i hope we will discuss further. if we think about the crisis to the displacement taking place across the middle east in north africa at the moment, it's striking how little attention the situation has received, particularly when we're thinking about the displacement of libyans themselves and not just the issue of migrants and asylum seekers trying to escape to libyan shores. i think that this lack of attention to the libyan situati

in tunisia. a smaller group are understood to have more or less established residency in tunisia. but again, it's very difficult to assess the scope of the population because libyans don't actually require a visa to enter tunisia. so tunisia has very generously kept their borders open throughout the duration of the crisis. so what we have is a situation of people using their own resources to travel into tunisia. and they have not for the most part actually registered as refugees. although a sizable proportion of the population would presumably qualify for refugee status. so in effect tunisia has really become a major host state in the region. although strikingly they receive very little international support. which is something that i hope we will discuss further. so if we think about the libyan crisis in relation to the displacement that's taking place across the middle east to north africa at the moment, it's striking how little attention the situation has received, particularly when we're thin

tunisia. this is a forthcoming report i've been working on with two colleagues who is with booking center and another who is from tunisia, a researcher and journalist. they took the lead on the field work in tunisia and libya informing the study so i want to start out by acknowledging their key contributions to the projects. the report is focused not just on the flow of migrants and the seekers across the mediterranean, but it's focused in particular on the displacement crisis affecting libya citizens themselves. although these are clearly interrelated dynamics, looking forward to speaking to those in the q&a session. so just to start with the numbers in an overview of the displacement dynamics that we look at in the report. the libyan population as many of you would know, is 6.2 million, so a small country. after gadhafi regime 5 million were uprooted within the borders of libya itself, and in addition, an estimated 660,000 libyans sought she wanter in neighboring countries, particularly tuni

i am a familiar -- situation in tunisia.i have posted before the libyan from 2009-2012 and have participated in the evacuation of hundreds and thousands from refugees in south of tunisia from egyptians and from certain nationalities. actually i don't have to question. i have a comment to shed light on the situation in egypt about the libyans that are there. the number of the libyans who are only libyans they are not libyan egyptians, you are talking about 700000 libyans only. it for the revolution that were used to half-million libyans that are living in egypt. also now there are no campus in egypt for refugees. all of these people they are living, they have houses and they have services for their son in universities and schools. there's not any problem for them and they are used -- some services. withwe have similar problem like the tunisia in relation to the outside that we couldn't -- [inaudible] to only egyptians and at the same time that hud is to receive really big numbers of arab refugees from other countries not only

tunisia, which hosts the world social forum this week, is no exception. whilst rights groups warn against rolling back freedoms won during the tunisian revolution, the urgency of the need for new counter-terrorist measures is highlighted by the fact that tunisia has become the largest source of foreign fighters for the is militia in syria and iraq. many young people have left everything behind to respond to calls for a holy war. >> we've got hold of papers belonging to tunisian suicide attackers in iraq. after hesitating for a long time, one of their families has agreed to talk to us. we set off for jemaal, east of the capital, tunis. over 3 thousand tunisians have joined jihadist groups in syria and iraq. many of them come from desolate-looking villages and small towns like these. we're meeting the family of walid abdel hamit, a 35-year-old taxi driver who suddenly went to neighbouring libya. there we are told he was radicalised by salafi preachers. walid then decided to head to syria. >> walid acalled us from there and told us that he was going to join

that might be a useful reference as well for tunisia. matt's question with respect to resettlement is quite timely and frankly here, too, i must admit that i don't know the answer. i don't know what the realistic prospects would be for processing out but it would fall within the framework of giving especially for europe an organized legal alternative to receive refugees who are now in trouble in libya. and we have nationalities syrian refugees, they're about half as we are able to estimate and be in contact with them of the 40,000 or so refugees, but they're also -- let me mention some of the other nationalities we've got. palestinian refugees, iraq somalia, sudan among other nationalities on an individual basis. >> anything else on solutions, megan? >> well on the question of resettlement i think when we reflect on the relevance and this opportunity for libyans we have to recognize that globally 1% of refugees accessory settlement, so the numbers are already very low. the vast majority of exiled libyans are not registered at refugees. f

especially in libya, and indonesia. -- in tunisia. you of course, mentioned that the great hope for the vast majority is to return when there is peace, and certainly the tunisian country is overloaded in the terms of integration for people. my questions about resettlement, and what really think it has in the situation. both in terms of protecting people, and also giving alternatives to that dangerous flight. >> i've from the national endowment for democracy. thank you for this timely panel. i have two questions. first, understanding the constraints and the limitations of working with idp's inside libya. those coming out of the city of benghazi, which has been under heavy bombardment for the past year. what can of services are being provided to the any fees -- i dp's from other organizations? what about tunisia, and the situation of libya outflow refugees veteran egypt, turkey jordan, other host countries? thank you. co-chair elizabeth: one last question in the back. >> i am the secretary of -- i am familiar with the situation in tunis

the arrival of new species has left scientists in tunisia worried.hey head out to sea to carry out tests. in 2012, they found this jellyfish in the mediterranean sea for the first time. >> we assume that they arrived here on big merchant ships. when ships arrive at this -- the harbor, they exchange their container vessel ballast. that means they release water into the sea from other regions of the world. that introduces fish and jellyfish species that aren't native to the mediterranean sea. >> in the northern city of bizerte, scientists at the university are researching the diets of the new jellyfish species. they've ascertained that the animals do present a danger to the ecosystem. >> many jellyfish are carnivorous and many eat plankton. but sardines, anchovies, and young fish also need plankton. as a result, the jellyfish are competing with the other animals and organisms in the sea. >> these fishermen are also concerned. they still employ traditional fishing techniques. rather than going out on boats, they stay on shore and cast huge nets into the

still, many here refused to give up their dream of a better tunisia. a banner over the market gate reads "terrorism will never defeat our revolution." sarah: time now for business news. markets in europe and the u.s. were closed for the good friday holiday. >> friday saw the release of a key u.s. jobs report showing a weakening u.s. economy spilling into the jobs market with hiring slowing in march. >> but if you're one of the 1.4 million americans who works at walmart, there was one bright spot. >> walmart has repeatedly come under fire for its employment policies, low wages, and meager benefits, but recently, the world's biggest retailer announced it would hike wages to at least $10 per hour. the move is in line with a nationwide development. in march average hourly wages increased by 2.1%. but that is about all the good news the new government report has to offer. in the past four weeks u.s. companies created 126,000 new jobs. what sounds like an upward trend is, in fact, a major disappointment. for 12 consecutive months, the labor market added at l

tunisia says that some of the cash is in hundreds of bank accounts in switzerland. tunisiaens were given this insight into the family's luxurious lifestyle when some of their things were auctioned off. their boats are still docked. many of the family members escaped by boat taking with them money, diamonds and gold. tunisians have mixed feelings about what should happen to the former ruling family, but most agree that something needs to be done to get those assets back. >> after four years of investigations only around $24 million has been recovered. >> not so many countries are willing to use the united nations convention against corruption in order to help recover the money. as you know, they use different means of hiding their action. you have so many screen companies, one behind the other. >> for many tunisians. benali did not just steal from the country but they stole the people's sense of dignity. and these school children will probably be adults before everything has been found. al jazeera. tunis. >> recreating a journey made by a famous french general who pl

the second point coming from that arab spring are the elections in tunisia and egypt. it seems to me that there is enough evidence in tunisia that there is a substantial body of the population who when they were presented with an agenda for political change based on sharia law, based on secular law, however, imperfect we have seen the struggle and will continue to see it that in tunisia, a majority of tunisians made the choice to go with a secular government. it is fragile, it is not yet there but it is something that we need to note. in my view, i think if we can do anything, we he need to help -- we need to help tunisia survive. but we also saw the election in egypt. and in the first instance people supported and subscribed to a government based on sharia law, devine law. it was one year old when, again many egyptians inspired to make that change. they still had that energy, made a choice between two very bad options. sharia law that came about through the ballot box versus back to secular military law. and a meaningful number of egypt went with with secular law. the

right off tunisia and egypt and allow the air of spring to happen? is that a fair statement? >> i know think anybody in paul aziz circles predicted what was happening i think every regime in the u.s. looking at stability i think reestablish something very capable and we were all taken by surprise lot get to asia were there is the day very strong relationship you can see the debates there about exile were not mired with what is the opposition look-alike? what will the future to be sinn government or any other political movement look like? we were far more concerned what would happen if mubarak steps down who will replace him? if the muslim brotherhood, miss then to have those relationships with of military but will that affect you in the early days there is no way he would have won the elections that was the implicit consensus but then it shifted can the muslim brotherhood play the role of what we have come to believe the egyptian allies can counterpart in the region? there is a whole history a military history the regional role that egypt plays so this was important and it sh

and tunisia in terms of the tolerance and so on. isis does not present itself there. so this is about the states being present and good governance. just to make the point. part of the answer is that they waited for isil to have a strong government even with a majority muslim population in places like niche a tunisia. and others are much less susceptible to messages because of that. isis may have sympathy in damascas for example but it is held back by the government in damascas. you know. an isis member. found this. that isis members do not say they are isis members. and jihadis and tunisia. and indonesia will not mean that they do not have a problem. depends on how isis will be in the future. i think that isis. if isis will continue and prove to be resill yevenlt i think that it will continue to grow first. i think that the first target for it is jihadi sim thierzs and say in north africa, and west african in the horn of africa. for example. they have allegiance. and they think thin rest is with al-qaeda. not only the resilience. but as an ideology. and ideology. and

. >>> the family of a tunisia man accused of capturing a ship that sank off the italian coast says hecent and hundreds were on the vessel when it went down and is accused of multiple homicide and people smuggling. al jazeera spoke exclusively to his family and we report. >> reporter: this is the small tunisia fishing town and it's the hometown. the alleged captain of a ship carrying hundreds of migrants that capsized on april the 18th around 800 people are believes to have died in what is called the worst ever migrant disaster on the mediterranean and he first identified himself as mohamed malik and later identified by his family as a different name and his father said he was forced to take charge of the ill-fated boat. >> translator: no way he is a captain. my son cannot be a captain. he doesn't have the mind. he has never been a captain. he went out to sea four times with me and i spent 50 years on the sea and i cannot be a captain. they forced him to libya to do it. he had a bullet in his head or the sea and the sea is better than the bullet. >> reporter: went to school when he was

i'm in tunisia. i'll investigate what has happened to the country's stolen assets >>> and in spot, masters jampion jordan spieth -- champion jordan spieth hits back on day two of the tournament. andy has that story. >>> >>> more migrants arrived in the sicilian port of palermo. the italian government said the flood of migrants is unprecedented. 11,000 have been rescued in the last eight days. most are escaping war and per cent cues in the middle east and africa. the pope is calling for more to be done. paul brennan is live in catania, on the italian coast. tell us what is happening. >> this is on the north western tip of sicily among them were 71 men, 19 women, one of whom was pregnant, and three children. we don't know whether the children are unaccompanied minors making the crossing from north africa into europe. it is a desperate situation. and the latest that we have is that the general countries that they are coming from include syria, eritrea, somali ghana mali and senegal as well. you see how

tunisia said that some of the cash is in hundreds of bank accounts in switzerlands. tunisians were given insight into their luxury lifestyle when some of their things were auctioned off. during the revolution since family members of the former president escaped the country by boat taking with them money diamonds and gold. tunisians have mixed feelings about what should happen to the former ruling family, but most agree something needs to be done to get those stolen assets back. >> after more than four years of investigations only around $24 million has been recovered. >> not so many countries are really willing to use the united nationss convention against corruption in order to help recover the money. as you know, they use different means of driving the action. you have so many screen companies, one behind the other. >> for many tunisians, they didn't just steal from the country, they also took people's sense of dignity. the reality is that the school children will probably be adults before all the assets are recovered, if they ever are. al jazeera. tunis. >> a teen

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rich pickings, why there is no sign of tunisia's missing billions four years after the revolution. >> i'm jonah hull, a replica 18th century warship as she prepares to embark on her maiden voyage across the atlantic. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. built for business. >> welcome back. let's take you to the top stories. a group linked to isil has claimed responsibility for violence in afghanistan. saudi arabia has announced a package of emergency aid money in yemen. eight iraqi soldiers have been killed by shellling by isil fighters inial al baghdadi in anbar province. >>> italy has received 11,000 people in the last eight people. 450 people were brought in on saturday. most

what the prosecutor's office told us is they named them as mohammed malec, a 27-year-old from tunisia, and mcmud biket, who is 25 years old. and the legal proceedings in court start against them. we believe an official communique from the prosecution's office said that the two men would appear on friday. we think it pay von brought forward. the -- it may have been brought forward. the charges are multiple homicide. details emerged over what happened in that disaster. overnight on saturday. it really does sound horrific. the sijsz out there -- the circumstances out there. officials and authorities are protective of the few survivors who came off, who were rescued from the water. for obvious reasons. we managed to negotiate access to a 16-year-old somali boy, and we have an exclusive interview talking about what happened at the weekend. >> it looks a normal youth club. these teenagers are a lucky few who endured hardships few can imagine. the latest to arrive are the luckiest of call. we call him jamal and he is one of 28 survivors. in somali he told me there is no happiness, only al-sh

from africa to italy come from libya, so exactly as of three years ago, when the people come from tunisia, because the problem was the lack of stability in tunisia, today the only way is come back to the stability of the libyan institutions. obviously it is not easy. we work every day to find a solution with the united nations and then with the other partners and the friends and allies in the region but i think the only way is come back to stability in libya. in this period in this period of transition italy is ready to bring responsibility to make the leadership in every diplomatic and counter terrorism issues but the key point is stop human trafficking in the mediterranean sea is a priority for everybody in europe and for me it's absolutely crucial. the words of president obama is a priority also for the united states. stop human trafficking is the only way to give a perspective of justice and also security obviously of course for the risks of this area. i think there are enough clashes of religions. maybe there was one case. but the problem is is not the clash of religions. it's a prob

. >> reporter: details appear to be that the tunisia captain together with the ship's mate from thatwhich went down late on saturday night or the ship's mate we understand is syrian and charged with facilitating or promoting illegal immigration and i think the actual word is favoring but the closest translation is facilitating and essentially shorthand that is people trafficking but the serious charge is a charge of reckless multiple homicide and it's clear the authorities here particularly given international pressure there has been to try to tackle people trafficking over the past week keen to be seen to do something as quickly possible to sent the message out to the people trafficicics and if they are could they will be dealt with the courts. >>> 27 survivors from the shipwreck off libya coast on sunday, just a few of the many who do make it across the mediterranean and for majority of those when they do reach europe it's a struggle for survivor el and phil met one man in rome who made the treacherous journey from libya. >> reporter: for migrants crossing mediterranean sea it's a

. >>> rebels and two tunisia soldiers killed during fighting in the providence and several others werewounded, these are the latest casualties since the military operation began on wednesday part of an army crack down on fighters in the mountain region which began as a result of march attack on a tunisia museum. 13 fighters loyal to him has been killed and he is the recognized army chief. more fighting is being reported between other armed groups and tripoli and parts of southern benghazi a three-day truce of forces supporting two rival governments collapsed on thursday. the u.n. refugee agency says the eu plan to tackle the migrant crisis in the mediterranean sea is an important step to collective action eu agreed to triple funding for the navel mission and they will lay the ground work for military action against traffickers as hundreds of people were rescued from the italian coast guard on thursday. and nearly all of the people it rescues in the med train -- mediterranean and we are in misrata. >> standing here it's difficult to see how the eu could carry out military intervention a

back in tunisia yakker the rah additional way of life for i fishman doesn't play very well.e say that life is tough here especially for those who dream of changing their circumstances. even if it costs them their lives. al jazerra. >>> greece's prime minister says his government is close to an initial deal with its international creditors. during a television interview he said he believes the first agreement can be struck as early as next week. the government has been locked in negotiations with euro zone countries, over the final portion of the bailout package. >>> 90% of worlds trade is transported by ships at sea. well that means the shipping industry is generating huge levels of pollution and emissions. the scandinavian's biggest is trying to change that and clean up its act. nick clark reports from gothenberg in sweden. >> reporter: the port of gothenberg is sweeped's trading hub, loading and unloading 900,000 containers a year. that's two a minute. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. in fact, 11,000 vessels from all over the world pass through gothenberg every 12 months

they are going to countries like tunisia and libya, trying to get to italy.ast year more than 200,000 refugeed crossed the mediterranean, that is more than triple than the year before. and this year could set another grim record. this past weekend another atrocity 30 christians butchered, captured in libya, trying to reach europe. just some of the terror many now face as they cross war zones and then deadly seas. wave after wave of migrants are washing on to europe's shores. >> it cannot continue like this. we cannot accept that hundreds of people die when trying to cross the sea to europe. >> reporter: the refugees come from all over the middle east and africa. fleeing syrias brutal civil war, violence in somalia, or poverty in places like eritrea. many end up in libya, the cross roads of thedesperate. libya has been swallowed by chaos. two rival governments are fighting for control, which has allowed smuggling there to thriver. -- thrive. >> we need a comprehensive approach. >> reporter: many european nations have been leery of accepting the migrants. sea p

so when you look at what is happening in tunisia and we are working with our partners as much as we can and as much as we have the authorities to do that to strengthen the capacities to limit the spillover of that effort and working with our european partners to increase their effort there. and we are supporting at this point in time the u.n. effort to come to a diplomatic solution and anything past that will require policy decision. >> how would you rate the success of the efforts that you just described, the spillover the work with our european partners and the u.n.? >> the work with our partners have for the most part, gone very well, with one or two attacks as you read about in tunisia the other day but the capacities have continued to grow and they can handle the threat every day as does nigeria and chad. and the work of the european efforts and the u.n. has not had as much progress as anybody wants to date, ma'am. >> thank you. and general votel, if i could just return to that idea of moderate risk for my closing questions here. over the long-term, do you think that if we see risk

in my view i think if we can do anything, we need to help tunisia survived.but we also saw the election in egypt. in the first instance people supported and subscribed to a government based on sharia law divine law. it was one year old when again many egyptians inspired to make that change. they still had the energy, made a choice between two very bad options. sharia law that came about through the ballot box versus the secular military law and a meaningful number of egyptians but they secular law. then we saw the civil wars. iraq syria lebanon or if you want to be more accurate sectarian wars a proxy war between the sunnis saudi arabia and shia iraq. in 2010, it was a completely different context. we had not seen boca or rom. do you remember the hash tag bring back our girls? the capture of mali was sent to google in 2010 that the links below qaeda would take over a country as large as mali. and yes together with the government of france and the u.s., al qaeda was kicked out and some measure of order is restored. islamic extremism made the point. and of cour

. >> mohamed ali malik from tunisia says he was only a passenger on the boat. other survivors say he was the boat's captain. but even if guilty he will surely only be a small cog in the huge business of taking desperate people across the mediterranean. we traveled to syracuse, they are bored frustrate planning their next move. we spoke to julia who works for a charity inside. she is from syracuse, never imagined she would be an aid worker in her home town. >> people dying in the sea is very -- we cannot stand it. it's crazy. i mean, people should have the right to move, to ask for asylum and so what, it is not possible to die just because they need to escape from war or poverty. >> i met sara and saud from eritrea. she arrived this week after eight days at sea. they paid about 3,000 u.s. dollars each to the smugglers. >> not bad just trying to make business. i think it's very big business to take from one person $3,000. >> you don't feel angry at them. they're just doing business. >> no, they don't force you to go it's their business. >> they didn't mistreat yo

the second point of the arab spring is the elections in tunisia and egypt.seems there is enough evidence in tunisia that there is a substantial body of the population who when they were presented with an agenda for political change based on sharia law, as one based on secular law, however imperfect we've seen this struggle and we're going to continue to see it, in tunisia a majority of tunisiaians, at least meaningful majority of tune niche shuns made a choice to go with the secular government. it is fragile but it is something we need to note. in my view, i think if we can do anything we need to help tunisia survive. we also saw the election in egypt. and in the first instance, people supported and subscribeed to subscribed to a government based on sharia law. it was one-year-old, again when many egyptians inspired to make that change. they still had that energy. made a choice between two very bad options. sharia law that came about through the ballot box versus back to secular military law. and a meaningful number of egyptians went with secular law. then w

divertingly resources to stop the people smugglers and appearing in a nearby court was this man, tunisiaamed and prosecutors say he was at the helm of the boat which collided with a container ship and sank off the libyan coast and 700 people died. numbers contributed to an april record for migrant deaths at sea. more than 1300 migrants are thought to have died making the perilless crossing and we go to italian island of sicily and in the connection of the deaths with the 700 migrants. >> reporter: indeed they are still in court, it's 6:00 p.m. local here on sicily. and this was an incident sorry, which is supposedly just a preliminary hearing. we expected it to last probably now more than an hour or two hours but from 9:00 this morning and we are 6:00 p.m. local here tonight they are still there and that is because this is a very difficult and elongated process and the hearing not just from one witness but from a handful of witnesses, survivors from that disaster from last weekend where an estimated 7, 800 migrants were drowned as a result the prosecutors say of the negligent handling of

. >> people in tunisia are dealing with a strengthening typhoon bring bringing weather conditions to the nation. >> i'm seeing a clear and defined eye. this system is a very powerful storm system just moving over the islands of micronesia it's in the western most state. we are seeing some local media stating that several deaths have been reported in two states when it passed over the islands on sunday. it's now bringing gusts of 306 kilometers per hour, the pressure is down to just 905 hectares. that's actually the most strongest typhoon we've seen. in the march -- month of march. and this is now going to be pooling into eastern philippines, possibly as a typhoon status it's now in the highest levels of any kind of typhoons in this area. we may even see it make landfall across southern ozune as a typhoon. please be aware of this for your easter holidays. right now, bringing gusty conditions possibly over 100 kilometers per hour. we still have those adviseoryies for high winds, and the waves are going to be hazardous levels 4 to 5 meters. the flooding is going to be a huge concern, tr

could predict with the data we had we could predict what was going to happen in libya, in egypt, in tunisia before it happened. >> explain that. >> well, the majority of the people who are in the suffering stage, and people start to suffer, then revolutions happen, social unrests happen, traffic accidents increase and violence happens. i teach a class on this, and one of my students in the class was qaddafi 's son. >> wow. >> basically they wanted to quote/unquote rebrand libya into a country that paid attention to well-being because they were aware of this data. >> was it one of the sons, by the way who is on trial? >> he died three weeks after he left my class. it was very sad because you could see there was this absolute huge anxiety that some disaster was going to occur. >> libya is just one of many places in the midst of crisis right now. >> yes. >> talk about how you view the world at this point. is it at a tenuous time. >> if you have 50% of the world living on less than $2 a day that's a catastrophe, we have that right now. >> you think its rooted in poverty. >> it's rooted in pover

in a separate incident, 18 people were rescued by tunisians and taken to tee tunisia. >> these are more than 300 african migrants, many of them from somalia who have been coming off the italian navy ship here in the port of augusta just before nightfall. they were picked up in the mediterranean. when they come off the boat they go to this red cross tent where they get instant medical assessment there. and then they're being made to sit down in rows here in the dock. most of them are men but there is probably at least 30 or 40 women amongst them, and i have seen one little girl. now the aid organization say that the chirp have told us that they've had a very harrowing journey that many of them were held in a detention camp in libya for several days, and a number of children died in that camp just before they embarked for europe. well now they've arrived. they're taking their first steps on european soil, but this is by no means the end. many of them want to leave italy and move further north into europe. this is just one stage in this exhausting long and dangerous journey. >> indeed, bec

. >> general rodriguez, the attack on tunisia tunisia a small country but a bright spot in a way in terms of how they have come out of the arab spring with a constitution, with islamicic parties participating and in democracy, even stepping back from power. what has your observation been about the tunisian governments and newly formed newly elected government's reaction to the terrorist attack at the museum in tunisia? what's your assessment of how they are going forward and how we can help them succeed? >> i think that their response has been very effective. their military institutions are strong and it was also a stabilizing influences that they went through that transition and we continue to work with them to build some of their capacities with some of our inner agency partners. those elements were involved in that effort. and we continue to also share intelligence with them and we will continue to build up their capacitys to make sure they move in a positive trajectory, sir. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and gentleman, thank you for your service. >

stability in tunisia. today the only way is come back to the peace and stability of libyan institutions. it's not easy. we work every day to find a solution with the united nations and with older partners in france and allies in the region. but i think the only way is come back to stability in libya. in this period, in this period of transition, italy is ready to bring responsibility, to make the leadership in every diplomatic and counter terrorism efforts. but to stop human trafficking in the mediterranean sea is a priority for everybody in europe and for me it's crucial. president obama is a priority also for united states. stop human trafficking is the only way to give a perspective of justice and also security of course for the risks of this area. i think there are not problem of clash of religions in italy. maybe, yes, to the -- maybe there were one case about it. but the problem is not the problem of clash of religions. it's a problem of human dignity. we are absolutely committed to solve this proble

. >> reporter: yeah details appear to be that the tunisia captain with the ship's mate from that boatch went down late on saturday night, the ship's mate we understand is syrian, that they have been charged with facilitating or promoting illegal immigration. i think the word is favoring but the closest translation we can get is facilitating. essentially shorthand that is people trafficking but the more serious charge is a charge of reckless multiple homicide as you say. it's clear authorities here particularly given the international pressure that there has been to try to tackle people trafficking over the past week are keen to be seen to do something as quickly as possible to send the message out they hope to the people traffickers and if they are caught will be swiftly dealt with the courts. >> thursday eu leaders will gather together with blanks to fill in when it comes to that plan that was announced by the eu foreign policy chief on how to combat this problem, right? >> reporter: that's right. i mean there are ten points and it's a wide ranging set of proposals tackling indeed bo

so exactly as three years ago, when the people come from tunisia, because the problem was the lack of stability in tunisia, today, the only way is come back to the peace and stability of the libyan institutions. it is not easy. we work every day to find a solution with the united nations and then with the other partners and france and allies in the region, but i think the only way is come back to stability in libya. in this period, in this period of transition, italy is ready to bring responsibility to make the leadership in every dip a patek and counterterrorism efforts, but the key point is stop human trafficking in mediterranean sea, is a priority for everybody and europe is crucial in the world, president obama, is a priority also for the united states. stop human trafficking is the only way to give a prospective of justice and also of security. obviously of course for the risks of this area. i think there is not a clash of religions in italy. maybe yesterday maybe, there were one case, but the problem is not a problem. it's a problem of human dignity. we are absolutely sxhi lly c

. >> as tunisia struggles to revive its economy billions of dollars allegedly taken by the former rulingamily is still missing, and there are reports that nothing has been done to tack the money down. >> this private school is on prime property. relatives of the former president benali wanted to build a shopping center here. the school's principal kept it open despite financial pressure and threats of imprisonment. he said that >> my repeated requests for pharmacy university were rejected then finally he said okay but we'll split the profits 5080. >> tunisiaens were given this insight into the family's luxurious lifestyle when some of their things were auctioned off. during the revolution some family members of the former president escaped the country by boat taking with them money diamonds and gold. tunisians have mixed feelings about what should happen to the former ruling family, but most agree something needs to be done to get those stolen assets back. after more than four years investigations only around $24 million has been recovered. >> not so many countries really really willing