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Tunisian authorities are coming under heavy criticism following the expulsions of Sub-Saharan migrants, particularly from the country’s main opposition coalition. The opposition party said that the maltreatment of migrants was a disgraceful act
Tunisian authorities are coming under heavy criticism following the expulsions of Sub-Saharan migrants, particularly from the country’s main opposition coalition. The opposition party said that the maltreatment of migrants was a disgraceful act.
Hundreds of migrants including children from sub-Saharan Africa have been driven out of the port city of Sfax in the past week. They had to wait in the port city in inhuman conditions in the port city for days before being dispatched. Human Rights Watch urged Tunisia to put an end to the collective expulsions of black African migrants.
Tunisian security forces have collectively expelled several hundred Black African migrants and asylum seekers, including children and pregnant women, since July 2, to a remote, militarised buffer zone at the Tunisia-Libya border, according to reports.
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Human Rights Watch 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. Tunisia has seen a rise in racially motivated attacks after President Saied in February linked undocumented migrants to violence and crime, 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.
In the meantime, tensions are rising dangerously in the Tunisian port city of Sfax with the killing this week of a Tunisian reportedly by migrants, as a retaliation to mass expulsions.
