by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 12, 2024 | Political, Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Self-Immolations Point to Growing Economic and Social Strain Summary: On 9 April 2024, a 22-year-old man in the village of Bouhajla in the governorate of Kairouan died after self-immolating near a police station following a dispute with local police...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 19, 2024 | Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Protests, Search Efforts as 40 Tunisian Migrants Reported Missing Summary: On the night of 10-11 January 2024, a boat carrying around 40 irregular migrants departed for Europe, but in the following days was reported missing, drawing outrage from the small...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Dec 16, 2023 | Diplomacy, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: UK-Italy Repatriation Funding Won’t Address Most Migration Cases Summary: On 16 December 2023, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced from Rome plans to jointly fund the repatriation of migrants currently...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Dec 4, 2023 | Diplomacy, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Law Repeal in Niger Could Result in Surge of Irregular Migration Summary: On 27 November 2023, the military government of Niger that took power via coup d’etat in late July 2023 announced that a controversial law criminalizing the transport of migrants had...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 22, 2023 | Diplomacy, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Network of Tunisians Assisting Illegal Migration in France Disrupted Summary: On 22 November 2023, French security officials in Bordeaux announced that an illegal immigration network had been disrupted, leading to the arrest of twelve suspects, including a...
