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- Many Sub-saharan African workers are now seeking employment in Tunisia and they are seemingly happy to have landed in the North African country. But not everyone is lucky to find a job immediately and has to wait for a longer time to find a job with a decent salary.
Many sub-Saharan African workers are now seeking employment in Tunisia and they are seemingly happy to have landed in the North African country. But not everyone is lucky to find a job immediately and has to wait for a longer time to find a job with a decent salary. Many are being exploited by unscrupulous employers.
Tunisia is facing a shortage of workers. Many from the sub-Saharan region are travelling to that country to take up jobs. Most of them are menial jobs such as in petrol pumps. Customers are plenty in the North African country. Major avenues of employment for migrants are in construction, cafes and restaurants in Tunisia. Many of the sub-Saharan Africans from countries like Ivory Coast, Senegal etc have landed up in Tunisia illegally. Since they do not have any employment rights some unscrupulous employers are exploiting their vulnerability. Those employers pay less than the minimum wages fixed by the government since the illegal migrant workers cannot complain about the exploitation to the authorities.
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Tunisia has strict entry laws. Illegal migrants can be expelled and penalties can be imposed on Tunisians if they employ foreigners illegally. The law, which can be traced back to 1968 provides a number of conditions for employment in the north African country and for obtaining temporary or permanent residence permits.
For now, African workers continue to fill in the gap of Tunisian labour market. They hope that the law enacted in 1968 will be changed to provide for some flexibility in the entry of workers.
