Hundreds of Tunisian demonstrators gathered in the city of Jebeniana on Sunday as part of wider protests against the national government’s perceived failure to control illegal migration.
Demands government provide more resources to handle migrant encampments
Demonstrators are demanding that the Tunisian government provide the affected villages with additional financial and logistical resources to handle the seemingly permanent makeshift encampments, which are being used as staging grounds for boat trips across the Mediterranean to Europe.
Last year, Tunisia struck a deal with the European Union in which Brussels committed more than $1 billion in assistance as part of an effort to bolster the North African nation’s immigration enforcement capabilities.
