"These are baseless accusations once again. Like all states in the world, we have information systems," says Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Nabil Ammar, during an interview with AFP in Tunis, in regard to an escalating crackdown on opposition figures. Tunisia's top diplomat asserted that "Illegal migrants are urged to return home," adding that "an apology is out of the question" for President Kais Saied's speech that critics said was openly racist against migrants. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES