Jul 22, 2023 at 9:18 am
A mother and daughter without water are the latest victims of the tragedy of people from Sub-Saharan Africa deported from Tunisia to the dunes, which NGOs have denounced
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The photos of African migrants dying of thirst and starvation in the desert on the border between Tunisia and Libya go around the world. The symbolic image circulating on social networks, taken in recent days by a Libyan journalist, among others, and disseminated by the press and NGOs, is that of a mother and her daughter, lifeless, lying side by side on the hot sand, their bodies burned by the sun. “In the suffocating dunes their dreams met their end: a mother’s love, a little girl’s unfulfilled dream,” activists from Refugees In Libya wrote on Twitter. “The border between Tunisia and Libya is a sterile watershed, which is nevertheless being hijacked by Western politicians. Where dreams are shattered and humanity is challenged.” The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) is also under attack: Serious human rights violations in Tunisia.
The tragedy of the migrants in the desert in the shock photo of a dead mother and daughter It has become the symbolic image of the tragedy of the sub-Saharan people deported to the African desert. “What a shame in Tunisia, this woman and her daughter died in the desert without water or food,” commented the NGO Refugees en Tunisie, which in turn published the photo.
The Libyan Red Crescent has also launched an appeal to help desperate people stuck at the border. “We are blocked. We can go neither forward nor backward. We need help, we have no food or water,” Africans call out through videos posted on the internet.
GB, the Bibby Stockholm: the condominium ship that will host 500 migrants
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
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The condominium ship Bibby Stockholm. Located near the Isle of Portland, it will take in over 500 migrants before they are deported from the UK
Human Rights Watch’s allegations against Tunisia “Hundreds of African migrants were expelled from the Tunisian city of Sfax (Central-East), the main exit point for clandestine migration to Europe, before being taken to inhospitable areas near Libya to the east and Algeria to the west,” the NGO denounced in the report, titled “Tunisia: No Safe Haven for Black African Migrants and Refugees.”
Human Rights Watch.
The testimonies collected by the NGO show that they were left in the middle of the desert without water, food and shelter. According to the report, “most of the documented attacks occurred after President Kais Saied’s February 21 speech,” in which he condemned illegal immigration and denounced the arrival of “hordes of migrants” who he said would “change the demographic makeup” of Tunisia.
The Tunisian security forces have become involved in recent months
“serious abuse” against migrantsAfrican refugees and asylum seekers, which should prompt the European Union to stop supporting this country in the fight against irregular immigration, is HRW’s point of view, pointing out that it has collected more than 20 testimonies from “victims of human rights violations by the Tunisian authorities”, in particular by “the police, the military, the national guard and the coast guard”.
“These abuses document beatings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, mass expulsions, dangerous actions at sea, forced evictions, theft of money and personal belongings,” said the international non-governmental organization dedicated to defending human rights.
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