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Tunisia removes hundreds of migrants to desert border region – rights group, lawmaker

Migrants wait in the Tunisian port of Sfax after being stopped at sea by the Tunisian coast guard during an attempt to cross to Italy, on 26th April, 2023.

Tunis, Tunisia Reuters Tunisia has removed hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants to a desolate area along the border with Libya, a local rights group and a lawmaker said on Wednesday, with witnesses reporting dozens more put on outbound trains following days of violence. Disturbances between migrants and residents went on for a week in the […]

African migrants suffer under crackdown in Tunisia

Ivory Coast nationals living in Tunisia and seeking repatriation, wait outside the embassy of Ivory Coast in Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2023

Tunis, Tunisia Reuters Since Tunisia’s President announced a crackdown on illegal immigration last month using language the African Union denounced as racialised, Malian construction worker Mohamed Kony has been evicted from his apartment and sacked from his job.  Unemployed, homeless and without legal residency, he now fears he will face the fate of several of […]