Hundreds of migrants were rounded up from Sfax and driven to the militarised Tunisia-Libya border zone this week. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Tunisia to stop its expulsion of sub-Saharan African migrants and for humanitarian services to be provided to those migrants currently languishing at the North African country’s border with Libya. Locals have complained about the migrants’ behaviour, while migrants say they have been subjected to racist attacks. The migrants expelled are from many African countries, including Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mali, Guinea, Chad, Sudan, and Senegal, and include 29 children and three pregnant women, HRW said. Dozens of other African migrants remain in Sfax, sleeping in the street near the Sidi Lakhmi mosque.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 07, 2023 10:19 UTC