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The Rights of Tunisians living Abroad
- – Improvement of the social guidance provided for members
of the Tunisian community abroad, through an increase in the numbers and prerogatives of social workers in the
host countries.
- Strengthening of the Arabic-language curricula for Tunisian
children residing abroad, and creation of special areas for women and second-generation emigrants to strengthen
the bonds between young Tunisians and their motherland.
- Provide university scholarships and loans for the most
worthy students among Tunisian second-generation emigrants who pursue their studies in their country of residence,
on the basis of criteria that include their families’ material condition and need, and grant scholarships, lodging
and return tickets to their countries of residence once a year for second-generation emigrant children who wish
to pursue their higher studies in Tunisia, particularly for female students.
- Organizing of summer universities to provide intensive
Arabic-language courses, an opening to the university environment in Tunisia, and an exchange with resident Tunisian
youth.
- Granting of Tunisian nationality to children born of
a Tunisian mother and a foreign father, before they reach the age of 19.
- Extension of social welfare coverage to Tunisians residing
in countries not concerned by bilateral social security conventions (the Gulf countries, the Scandinavian countries).
- – Strengthening of participation by Tunisian workers
abroad in their country's public life, by enabling them to vote in the Tunisian presidential elections, a measure
introduced on April 2, 1989.
- Strengthening of the information directed at the Tunisian
community through the satellite television station “Channel 7” to favor continuing contact with the homeland.
- Enabling Tunisians residing abroad to benefit from the
resident and non-resident status, particularly with respect to exemption from customs duties for equipment required
to set up projects in Tunisia without the obligation of definitive return; the possibility of purchasing securities
in the framework of the privatization of public enterprises; the waiving of the obligation of paying customs duties
for vehicles imported at the time of temporary return; and the waiving of the 6-month waiting period for removal
of opposition at the time of changing residence.
- The publication and distribution of legal guides for
Tunisians living in Europe, to inform them of their rights in their countries of residence.
- In addition to bilateral treaties, the Association Agreement
with the European Union contains a section which confirms the principle of equal rights and equal treatment for
nationals and for those from outside the EU.
- Appeal made by President Ben Ali for a "Maghreb-European
charter to serve as a framework for ensuring the rights and defining the duties of the Maghreb communities in Europe."
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