About 300 migrants are stranded on the Tunisian-Libyan border. The two governments have now agreed to take responsibility together, ie divide the people between themselves. Interior ministers met in Tunis on Wednesday.
According to the spokesman for the Tunisian ministry, his country is taking over “76 men, 42 women and eight children”. They were transferred to shelters in Tataouine and Medenine on Wednesday. The Libyan government is said to have hired an additional 150 to 200 people. In total there are 276 to 326 migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa.
President: “Criminal Conspiracy”
According to human rights groups, UN agencies and eyewitnesses, Tunisian authorities had moved the people to the desert area of Ras Ajdir (Ras Jdir). As reported, the situation for migrants in Tunisia has deteriorated significantly in recent months. Racially motivated attacks increased after President Kais Saied accused “hordes” of illegal migrants of a “criminal conspiracy” in February.
Violence and assault in the desert
In the summer in Sfax, a Tunisian was killed in a clash between the population and refugees. According to human rights organization Human Rights Watch, 1,200 migrants were driven from the city by the National Guard in early July. The accusation is that they were left without water in the desert at 40 degrees. It was also reported that documents had been burned and mobile phones destroyed by security forces. Human Rights Watch said there was violence and assaults.
By mid-July, nearly 200 people were said to have been rescued from the desert. According to the Libyan interior ministry, there are no more stranded migrants in the border area after the new agreement. To “secure the border” there must be joint controls. Tunisia and Libya are among the main transit points for people in North Africa on their way to Europe.
Source: Krone
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