Guinea, Ivory Coast repatriate citizens from Tunisia
By France24
12 March 2023 |
1:04 pm
The West African nations of Guinea and Ivory Coast are repatriating citizens who want to leave Tunisia after the country's increasingly authoritarian leader called for a crackdown on migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.
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