Tunisia: Sub-Saharan Africans suffer in EU-fuelled migrant crackdown

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Tunisia has seen an internal migration crisis after receiving EU support for border control, beginning in 2023. Ahlam Chemlali, a migration researcher at Aalborg University, comments on the anti-migrant rhetoric in Tunisia, stating that it is inspired by the Great Replacement theory. She says this theory is used to criminalise and pathologise Sub-Saharan women, constructing them as a demographic threat. "Acting on these hate speeches, the authorities have sought to evict migrant people as a way to make them invisible," she says. (Summary provided by Infomedia) Sources:Middle East Eye, 12-05-2025