Rising cost of living, high unemployment – thousands of young Tunisians have fled their homeland for Europe since the beginning of the year, leaving ghost villages behind.
Corona-related tourism slump, accompanying unemployment and rising cost of living due to Russia’s war of aggression – Tunisia is in its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1956. And the North African desert state isn’t “alone” feeling the consequences of massively increasing national debt.
According to a renowned Tunisian sociologist, since the beginning of the year alone, more than 12,000 Tunisians have decided to turn their backs on their homeland for a supposedly brighter future in Europe. Some places in the south of the country have already turned into ghost towns.
Source: Krone
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