"Collective Expulsion Keeps Black Migrant Workers Stranded In Tunisia"

A rise in racial violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan Africa has resulted in African migrants being stranded in Tunisia. This occurred after Tunisian President Kais Saied delivered a provocative speech that intensified xenophobia. ODIMEGWU ONWUMERE's report reveals that these individuals often face mistreatment and are at risk of being coerced into modern slavery. Furthermore, many have sadly lost their lives while trying to flee assaults at the border between Tunisia and Libya...

Tunisia's laws prioritize job opportunities for its citizens, which poses challenges for African migrant workers seeking legal employment or immigration status. Recently, the situation in Sfax has worsened, with local Tunisia residents calling for the removal of African immigrants, leading to violent attacks and conflicts...

Amnesty International states that the EU's involvement in mistreating asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants is evident in the EU/Tunisia agreement on migration...This agreement is being made at a time when there is increasing violence and abuse against sub-Saharan African migrants by Tunisian authorities...Therefore, the European Union shares responsibility for the resulting suffering...

According to our research, it has been discovered that children in Tunisia are subjected to the most extreme forms of child labor, such as being compelled to work as domestic servants and beggars. Furthermore, these children often engage in perilous activities while working on the streets...

The speech, widely denounced as "hate speech" globally, led to the expulsion of a considerable number of people to the borders of Tunisia with Libya and Algeria. Consequently, they were left stranded in uninhabited regions without access to essential necessities such as food, water, and shelter...

These individuals, regardless of their legal status, are expelled without being given proper legal procedures, and many have reported experiencing violence from the authorities during their arrest or deportation...