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Several sub-Saharan nations, together with Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea and Gabon, are serving to their residents return from Tunisia following controversial remarks from the nation’s president final month regarding unlawful immigration into the North African nation.
In a gathering of Tunisia’s National Security Council on February 21, President Kais Saied described alleged unlawful border crossings from sub-Saharan Africa into the nation as a “criminal enterprise hatched at the beginning of this century to change the demographic composition of Tunisia.”
Saied mentioned the continual unlawful immigration goals to show Tunisia into “only an African country with no belonging to the Arab and Muslim worlds,” including that those behind this scheme are concerned in human trafficking.
The African Union strongly condemned the statements by the Tunisian authorities, calling them “racial” and “shocking.”
“The Chairperson reminds all countries, particularly African Union Member States, to honor their obligations under international law and relevant African Union instruments to treat all migrants with dignity, wherever they come from, refrain from radicalized hate speech that could bring people to harm, and prioritize their safety and human rights,” the AU mentioned in an announcement on February 24.
Meanwhile, Ivory Coast mentioned 145 residents shall be repatriated on Saturday, the state Ivorian Press Agency reported on Friday.
Mali additionally introduced the voluntary repatriation of its residents from Tunisia, in line with a Thursday report by state newspaper L’Essour. Meanwhile, Guinea posted photographs on Twitter of junta chief Col. Mamady Doumbouya welcoming returning Guineans on the airport in Conakry on Saturday and final Wednesday.
The Gabonese embassy in Tunisia mentioned many migrants from sub-Saharan nations not really feel protected in Tunisia and provided to repatriate its residents, who’ve till Sunday to register for voluntary repatriation.
In one other speech on February 23, Saied maintained there isn’t a racial discrimination in Tunisia and mentioned “our African brothers residing in Tunisia legally” are welcome within the nation.
Tunisian authorities arrested 58 African migrants on Friday after they allegedly crossed the border and resided illegally within the nation, state news company TAP reported on Saturday.
Source web site: www.cnn.com
