by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Aug 22, 2023 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Sfax Raid Targets Migrant Smugglers Amidst Reports of Piracy Summary: Over the weekend of 19-20 August 2023, intelligence operations by Tunisian officials led to the disruption of an organized crime network in Sfax that had been involved in smuggling migrants...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Aug 10, 2023 | Diplomacy, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Libya Deal on Migrant Acceptance at Desert Border Summary: On 10 August 2023, the Libyan Foreign Ministry announced that a bilateral agreement had been reached with Tunisia to receive a group of migrants camped near the major land border crossings shared by...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Aug 6, 2023 | Diplomacy, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Criticism Over Treatment of Migrants As Europe Presses for Solutions Summary: Throughout July and early August, international and domestic criticism continued over the treatment of migrants along Tunisia’s borders as hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans were...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 17, 2023 | Diplomacy, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: EU Deal on Migration Assistance Signed as Criticism Continues Summary: On 16 July 2023, European Union (EU) leaders signed a “strategic partnership” deal with Tunisia, making good on promises to support the control of irregular migration through Tunisia. The...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 14, 2023 | Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Aid Groups Sheltering Migrants After Outcry Over Relocations Summary: Sub-Saharan African migrants that had been transported from Sfax to a desert area at the Libyan-Tunisian border received assistance from aid groups this week. The Red Crescent reportedly...