Tunisia dismantles makeshift camp housing thousands of sub-Saharan migrants

In Tunisia, the authorities have started the evacuation of illegally established refugee camps.

ThePatriotLight - Tunisia dismantles sub-Saharan migrant camps and forcibly deports some

ThePatriotLight - Tunisian authorities have dismantled makeshift camps housing 7,000 sub-Saharan African migrants and begun forcibly deporting some of them, a senior official told Reuters on Saturday, as the country grapples with an unprecedented migrant crisis.Tunisia dismantles sub-Saharan migrant camps and forcibly deports some

Tunisia dismantles sub-Saharan migrant camps and forcibly deports some

By Tarek Amara

Tunisia shuts down large migrant camps

Tunisia on Friday dismantled camps housing thousands of undocumented migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, police said, following a campaign against them on social media. Around 20,000 migrants had set up tents in fields in the eastern regions of El Amra and Jebeniana, national guard spokesman Houcem Eddine Jebabli told AFP. He said around 4,000 people of various nationalities had left one of the camps cleared by authorities, and operations would co…

Tunisian police said on Friday they had closed down large camps housing thousands of undocumented migrants, following a campaign by residents against illegal migration on social media.

Tunisia dismantles makeshift camp housing thousands of sub-Saharan migrants

Tunisia on Friday dismantled camps housing thousands of undocumented migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, police said, following a campaign against them on social media.