Raoued, Tunisia, Feb 13, 2025 (AFP) - 'I carry my cross': sub-Saharan migrants despair in Tunisia

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2025-02-13
Jonas spent more than a year trying to reach Tunisia after escaping ethnic violence in his native Nigeria, but rising anti-migrant sentiment and a government crackdown in the North African country have left him without help. Speaking under a pseudonym for fear of expulsion, Jonas said he crossed through Niger and Libya to escape attacks on his Igbo ethnic group. Upon arriving in Tunis last November, where his wife gave birth to their first child,......
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