"Human rights group Amnesty International has slammed Tunisia for "widespread human rights violations" in dealing with refugees and migrants. In a report issued on Thursday, it also condemned the European Union (EU) for "risking complicity" by cooperating with Tunisia in efforts to restrict irregular migration. Tunisia is one of several North African nations along the Mediterranean the EU has cooperation deals with that provide funding, training and equipment for border control in exchange for these nations preventing migrants from crossing the Mediterranean to Europe."
"It accuses Tunisian authorities and border control officials of committing a string of human rights abuses against migrants, while enforcing a system that "generally disregards the lives, safety and dignity of refugees and migrants, particularly those who are Black." Accounts in the report document rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture and physical abuse, arbitrary arrests and detention, and systemic racial profiling, and forcible expulsions to unsafe countries."
Nearly three years of research and interviews with 120 refugees from nearly 20 countries documented systemic abuses by Tunisian authorities and border control officials. Authorities enacted a system that generally disregards the lives, safety and dignity of refugees and migrants, particularly Black people. Accounts detail rape, other sexual violence, torture, physical abuse, arbitrary arrest and detention, systemic racial profiling, and forcible expulsions to unsafe countries. The European Union’s cooperation with Tunisia provides funding, training and equipment for border control and designates Tunisia as "safe", raising concerns that the cooperation risks complicity in migration restrictions and rights violations.
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