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Amnesty International has accused Tunisian authorities of intensifying abuses against sub-Saharan migrants through violent policing, expulsions, and discriminatory laws that violate fundamental human rights. The organization said Tuesday that European governments risk complicity in these violations by continuing to fund Tunisia’s border operations.
Tunisian police have carried out mass expulsions to desert areas near Libya and Algeria, arbitrary arrests, and widespread assaults on Black migrants and refugees. These measures form part of a broader campaign that has normalized anti-Black rhetoric and eroded legal protections for migrants.
Tunisian civil society organizations have issued repeated warnings. In January 2024, the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) accused the government of repressing migrants to preserve funding from the European Union under a €105 million Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2023. The agreement, aimed at curbing irregular migration, was criticized as enabling “a dangerous expansion of failed migration policies.”
Anti-migrant sentiment reached a peak in May, when hundreds of residents in El Amra, near Sfax, protested makeshift migrant camps and called for the “departure” of sub-Saharan Africans. Days later, lawmakers introduced amendments to Law 68-7 on the status of foreigners that would increase prison sentences and fines for undocumented entry and for aiding migrants. Rights groups warned that the proposal would further criminalize migration and deepen xenophobic violence.
The surge of hostility follows President Kais Saied’s February 2023 remarks alleging that sub-Saharan migrants were part of a plot to “change Tunisia’s demographic composition.” His comments sparked a wave of racist attacks, forced displacements, and mass arrests. Amnesty documented cases in which police failed to intervene, or directly participated, in assaults against migrants.
UN Special Rapporteur Maya Sahli Fadel also condemned the expulsion of hundreds of Black migrants to the Libyan desert in July 2023 as “brutal and barbaric,” calling on Tunisia to uphold its obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Tunisia’s migration policy now mirrors European deterrence strategies, shifting border enforcement to North African partners while disregarding humanitarian protections. The organization urged Tunisia to end collective expulsions, investigate violence by security forces, and ensure access to asylum procedures. It also called on the EU to suspend funding for operations that enable violations against refugees and migrants.
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Tunisian police have carried out mass expulsions to desert areas near Libya and Algeria, arbitrary arrests, and widespread assaults on Black migrants and refugees. These measures form part of a broader campaign that has normalized anti-Black rhetoric and eroded legal protections for migrants.
Tunisian civil society organizations have issued repeated warnings. In January 2024, the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) accused the government of repressing migrants to preserve funding from the European Union under a €105 million Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2023. The agreement, aimed at curbing irregular migration, was criticized as enabling “a dangerous expansion of failed migration policies.”
Anti-migrant sentiment reached a peak in May, when hundreds of residents in El Amra, near Sfax, protested makeshift migrant camps and called for the “departure” of sub-Saharan Africans. Days later, lawmakers introduced amendments to Law 68-7 on the status of foreigners that would increase prison sentences and fines for undocumented entry and for aiding migrants. Rights groups warned that the proposal would further criminalize migration and deepen xenophobic violence.
The surge of hostility follows President Kais Saied’s February 2023 remarks alleging that sub-Saharan migrants were part of a plot to “change Tunisia’s demographic composition.” His comments sparked a wave of racist attacks, forced displacements, and mass arrests. Amnesty documented cases in which police failed to intervene, or directly participated, in assaults against migrants.
UN Special Rapporteur Maya Sahli Fadel also condemned the expulsion of hundreds of Black migrants to the Libyan desert in July 2023 as “brutal and barbaric,” calling on Tunisia to uphold its obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Tunisia’s migration policy now mirrors European deterrence strategies, shifting border enforcement to North African partners while disregarding humanitarian protections. The organization urged Tunisia to end collective expulsions, investigate violence by security forces, and ensure access to asylum procedures. It also called on the EU to suspend funding for operations that enable violations against refugees and migrants.
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