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TUNIS (Reuters) -Undocumented sub-Saharan African migrants in Tunisia received three billion dinars (about $1 billion) in remittances from their countries during the first half of 2023, an ...
Libyans taking refuge in Tataouine, Tunisia during the Libyan Civil War.. Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began, later spread into Libya and overthrew the regimes of both countries; however, the 2011 Libyan unrest had gone out of control after the death of Muammar Gaddafi caused the later second Libyan unrest which the growing Islamists tried to take control, Tunisia has been caught at the ...
Under international law, a refugee is a person who has fled their own country of nationality or habitual residence, ... Tunisia: 0.07 3,299 1,746 649 824: 901: 730:
Migrants aboard an inflatable vessel before their rescue co-ordinated by USS Carney near Spain in February 2013. This article is a list of migrant vessel incidents on the Mediterranean Sea leading up to and resulting from the European migrant crisis with recent migration also related to developments such as the Arab Spring protests (2010–2012), civil wars in Syria (since 2011) and Libya ...
Refugees of the 2011 Libyan civil war are the people, predominantly of Libyan nationality, who fled or were expelled from their homes during the 2011 Libyan civil war, from within the borders of Libya to the neighbouring states of Tunisia, Egypt and Chad, as well as to European countries, across the Mediterranean, as Boat people. The majority ...
A U.S. State Department report, issued in April 2011, depicts the status of human rights in that country on the eve of the revolution, citing "restrictions on freedom of speech, press and association", the "severe" intimidation of journalists, reprisals against critical of the government, questionable conduct of elections, and reports of arbitrary arrest, widespread corruption, official ...
It is the direct result of the strong rate of emigration which Tunisia has experienced since its independence in 1956. [1] In the 1960s and 70s, the favourable economic situation in France and Europe increased the phenomenon. The beginning of the 1980s saw the clear development of a Tunisian community in Europe as a result of the large number ...
In 2011, the rebellions in Tunisia and Libya resulted in an increase in the rate of people moving to Lampedusa. [citation needed] By May 2011, more than 35,000 migrants had arrived on the island from Tunisia and Libya. [8] By the end of August, 48,000 had arrived. [9] Most were young males in their 20s and 30s. [10]