Sub-Saharan African refugees and migrants fleeing northwards away from war, conflict, and corrupt governments are ending up trapped in Tunisia, unable to move on to Europe or return home.
On Friday, security forces raided two temporary camps and a protest site in the capital, Tunis, forcing more than 500 refugees onto buses to the Algerian border where they were abandoned. Some others may have been expelled to Libya.
Outside Sfax, thousands of sub-Saharan Africans, many registered refugees, shelter in open fields, attacked by security services and residents. Refugees in Libya shared a video of 400 refugees seized from Sfax and Tunis, expelled to Libya.
A video shows migrants and refugees caught at gunpoint being exchanged between Tunisia and Libya, indicating a state-to-state human trafficking practice. President Kais Saied confirmed the expulsion of refugees on Monday.
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