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The rights group’s statement comes against a backdrop of violence after the funeral of a 41-year-old Tunisian who was stabbed to death in Sfax recently in a brawl between Tunisians and migrants
Human Rights Watch urged Tunisia to put an end to what it called the collective expulsions of black African migrants to a desert area near the Libyan border. As reported by www.trendsnafrica.com, hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been left stranded in dire conditions in the south of Tunisia since being driven out of the port city of Sfax in the past week.
The rights group’s statement comes against a backdrop of violence after the funeral of a 41-year-old Tunisian who was stabbed to death in Sfax recently in a brawl between Tunisians and migrants.
Sfax, the North African country’s second-largest city, is a departure point for many hoping to reach Europe by sea, often the Italian island of Lampedusa about 130 kilometers (80 miles) away. It is reported that the Tunisian security forces have collectively expelled several hundred Black African migrants and asylum seekers, including children and pregnant women, since July 2. HRW urged Tunisia’s government to halt collective expulsions and urgently enable humanitarian access to the African migrants and asylum seekers already expelled to a dangerous area. HRW called on the government in Tunis to investigate and hold to account security forces implicated in abuses.
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Tunisia has seen a rise in racially motivated attacks after President Kais Saied in February accused hordes of undocumented migrants of bringing violence and alleging a criminal plot to change the country’s demographic makeup. Some Tunisians have expressed solidarity with the migrants, providing food and medical help to those now living on the street after being chased from their homes.
