On 6 August, several NGOs accused the Tunisian Government of sending migrants back to Libya and leaving them in the middle of the desert. The NGOs referred to the arrest of several people in the Tunisian city of Sfax, under charges of illegal immigration, and the consequent refoulement over the border. The Tunisian Ministry of Defence revealed that 20 Sudanese and 33 Ivorian were arrested and sent back to Libya, while the Prime Minister Yousself Chahed declared that “the issue of migrants and refugees is not the responsibility of the Tunisian government, and all countries must assume their responsibility”. Since the beginning of the Libyan crisis, Tunisia is facing an increase in the number of migrants who arrive to the country in order to reach Europe through the Central Mediterranean route. Last July, the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights declared that “a total of 1,008 people entered Tunisia illegally over six months, compared to 417 in the first half of 2018”. The violation of asylum seekers’ basic rights in Tunisia is also denounced by European NGOs such as Alarm Phone, which refuses to consider Tunisia as “safe country” for migrants.