Tunisia eliminates camps with 7,000 migrants. Some of them will be deported

Tunisian authorities liquidated makeshift camps, in which there were 7,000 Migrants from Sub -Saharan Africa, and began forced deportation of some of them, said a government representative on Saturday, justifying the decision that the country is struggling with an unprecedented migration crisis.

The spokesman for the National Guard Hussem Ad-Din Drifati told Reuters that many migrants were arrested for violence during the ongoing surgery. Their forced deportation began on Friday evening, and the authorities also try to voluntarily repatriate thousands of more people, he explained.

He added that the number of forced deported people was significant, but he did not give their exact number. According to a white weapon, including knives and swords, were confiscated.

The Tunisian government announced that in tents in the forests around southern cities, Al-Amra and Dżebinian, campers about 20 thousand. migrants that the authorities prevented the Mediterranean Sea from traveling.

Migrants often rubbed with local residents who wanted to explore them from their area, informs Reuters.

Local human rights groups criticized the authorities, accusing them of racist rhetoric, the use of hate speech and condemning the repression that led to the imprisonment of activists helping African migrants.

In recent months, Tunisia's activities have gained the approval of the Italian authorities for progressing in stopping the influx of thousands of migrants from Sub -Saharan Africa who are trying to reach Europe on boats. (PAP)

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