Abandoned in the desert- without food or drink: Tunisia’s treatment of refugees
July 6, 2023
In the port city of Sfax in Tunisia, refugees are pursued, attacked, arrested and abandoned in the desert by the Tunisian National Guard and citizens (incited by the Tunisian government). Without water, without food. Men, women, children, pregnant women.
When public law enforcement violates the law, the common people become confident in committing crimes & believing they're the law📌
In this footage you will see law enforcement officials in military cars + ordinary citizens with machetes while chasing sub-saharan Africans to… pic.twitter.com/oZI6IpGyYm
— Refugees In Libya (@RefugeesinLibya) July 5, 2023
This is only the tip of the violence against refugees in Tunisia: For years, President Saied has been agitating against people from sub-Saharan Africa and systematically disenfranchising them.
But instead of condemning the violence against refugees, Europe is looking for closer cooperation with Tunisia. Currently, a deal is being worked out through which the country is to receive 900 million euros, about 100 million of which for border management. The goal: to outsource the European external borders and shift responsibility for refugees to third countries.
Alors que l'attention de tous est portée sur d'autres situations, il se déroule en ce moment-même des événements horribles à #Sfax🇹🇳, en #Tunisie.
Une véritable purge contre les personnes noires est en cours en Tunisie. pic.twitter.com/BRe3SDCyUY
— je suis migrant (@jesuismigrant) July 5, 2023
This is also part of the inhumane & racist EU migration and asylum policy: By making deals with autocrats like Saied, the EU makes Tunisia the gatekeeper of Europe – human rights violations, persecution, violence and death are accepted.
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