Human Rights Watch urges Tunisia to put an end to what it called the 'collective expulsions' of black African migrants to a desert area near the Libyan border
Some migrants forcibly taken to the desert told AFP by phone on Thursday that hundreds, including women and children, had been abandoned there and left destitute. / Photo: AP
"Many reported violence by authorities during arrest or expulsion," the New York-based watchdog said in a statement. Sfax, the North African country's second-largest city, is a departure point for many hoping to reach Europe by sea, often the Italian island of Lampedusa about 130 kilometres away.The HRW said migrants it interviewed alleged"several people died or were killed at the border area" between Sunday and Wednesday,"some shot and others beaten" by Tunisian security forces.
"African migrants and asylum seekers, including children, are desperate to get out of the dangerous border zone and find food, medical care, and safety," Seibert said."There is no time to waste."
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Rights group urges Tunisia to halt collective expulsions of African migrantsTunisia should halt collective expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants and urgently enable access to humanitarian services for those the government sent to a dangerous area of the Tunisia-Libya border, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
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