Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday advocated “urgent measures” to put an end “as soon as possible” to the phenomenon of the massive influx of irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa to Tunisia.
Quoted in a press release from the Tunisian presidency, Saied, who chaired a meeting of the National Security Council, noted that this situation is “far from normal”, especially since the crowds of irregular migrants from Africa sub-Saharan continue to flow into Tunisia.
He called on the authorities to act “at all levels, diplomatic, security and military” to deal with this immigration and “strict application of the law on the status of foreigners in Tunisia and on the illegal crossing of borders”.
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As such, the Tunisian Head of State called for an all-out mobilization, pleading in favor of diplomatic, security and military action accompanied by “a strict and vigorous application of the law governing the status of foreigners in Tunisia. “.
Faced with a broad campaign of incitement once morest the sub-Saharan community, some twenty Tunisian and international associations and organizations active in Tunisia recently denounced the human rights violations suffered by migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Tunisia.
In a joint statement relayed by the local media, these NGOs called on the Tunisian authorities to fight once morest hate speech, discrimination and racism once morest this category, as well as to intervene in the event of an emergency to guarantee the dignity and migrant rights.
Tunisia, some portions of the coastline of which are less than 150 km from the Italian island of Lampedusa, very regularly records attempts to leave migrants, mostly sub-Saharans, for Italy.
With MAP
