ROME: Italy and the UK have agreed to jointly finance a repatriation project for migrants stuck in the north African nation of Tunisia, the Italian premier's office said Saturday. The two leaders agreed 'to co-finance the first Italo-British project of voluntary repatriation assisted by the International Organization for Migration in the countries of origin for migrants blocked in Tunisia,' said Giorgia Meloni's office in a statement. If migrants stuck in Tunisia can be repatriated, that lessens the chance thy might proceed to Spain, or even, ultimately, Great Britain itself. The deal was unveiled after a meeting in Rome between the Italian premier and her UK counterpart Rishi Sunak, who is there to take part at a political festival organized by Meloni's Brothers of Italy party. The pair also met with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. 'After agreeing on the need to tackle in a more structured way illegal migration towards Europe, the leaders agreed to further intensify the collaboration among the three c ountries to combat human traffickers,' her office said. The three heads of government also convened on the need to reach a 'definitive stabilization' of the Balkans, also on the basis of the improvements achieved during the process of enlargement of the European Union towards those countries. Source: Anadolu Agency