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As EU prepares to send money as part of €1bn deal, people trying to reach north African country detail border ‘pushbacks’

Pato Crepin’s wife and six-year-old daughter were repeatedly pushed back by authorities in Tunisia, which has signed a €1bn deal with the EU

Voter concerns over migration were reflected in the weekend visit of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to Lampedusa, where large numbers of migrants landed in recent days

The north African country, a hotspot on ‘the deadliest migration route in the world’, is a microcosm of a global problem

Pato looks at the picture on his phone. "I have lots of wonderful memories," Pato said, scrolling through his pictures on a new phone bought with the help of friends.

Country’s interior minister has called images of dead refugees ‘fake’, as EU ignores criticism of deal with Tunisia.

After being arrested, beaten and abandoned without food or water by the Tunisian authorities, some refugees have taken refuge in Medenine, in the southeast of the country, and testify to the horror they have endured.