Tunisia: Migrants turfed out after Kais Saied crackdown

Dozens of West African migrants camped Tuesday at embassies in Tunisia after being turfed out of their homes, the result of an abrupt crackdown announced by President Kais Saied.

Last week, Saied had ordered security forces to take “urgent measures” against “hordes” of sub-Saharan African migrants, accusing them without evidence of causing a wave of crime and plotting to change the country’s demographic makeup

Landlords across the country effectively began evicting migrants, out of fear they would incur heavy fines for housing people without hard-to-obtain paperwork.

Many Ivorians and Malians, including children, ended up camping for several nights outside their embassies during a cold snap, huddling with their worldly belongings as they waited to be repatriated.