France's Support for Pro-democracy is exposed when French interior minister announced that the Tunisian migrants arriving from Italy will be sent back across the border if they cannot prove adequate financial resources. Earlier France has stopped a train carrying Tunisian and Libyan migrants to enter in its territory.
On Sunday France also shut its border for trains from Italy carrying a group of about 60 migrants from Libya and Tunisia, leading to accusations from Rome that Paris was violating European principles.
Claude Gueant said migrants could be returned to Italy under the rules of the Shengen Accords, which allows residents of EU countries to travel within the region without passports.
His comments are the latest in a row between Italy and France over people from the north African nation seeking refuge in Europe.
The European Commission has also supported France by saying that France had acted within its rights.
Cecilia Malmstroem, the European home affairs commissioner, said French authorities had cited "public order reasons" for halting and inspecting the trains."Apparently they have the right to do this," she said, adding that France explained that the trains were stopped "very temporarily."
Italy has complained about being "left alone" by European Union partners to deal with thousands of mainly Tunisian migrants who have arrived on its southern island of Lampedusa in recent weeks, fleeing political turmoil in North Africa.
Italy has claimed that it has issued around 20,000 migrants with temporary permits allowing them to leave Italy to travel to other destinations in Europe, a policy which has been criticised by several of its partners, including France and Germany.
Some of the countries in the 27-nation EU are worried that offering shelter to too many migrants will encourage more to attempt illegal entry to Europe.
However on Monday Franco Frattini, the Italian foreign minister, said that despite their different handling of the Tunisian immigrants, France and Italy would "work together" to clear the cloud hanging over relations.
Earlier this month, the interior ministers of France and Germany agreed to set up joint patrols off the Tunisian coast to deter would-be migrants and Rome has also pledged assistance to Tunisia to try to halt the flow.
Despite of huge promises made with Tunisian and Libyan people and encouraging them to raise their voices and arms against long -term regimes, the poor migrants are caught in middle to go nowhere.
