Tunisia sees surge in attacks on migrants
14 March 2023 |
2:14 pm
Tunisia is seeing a surge in xenophobic violence against people from sub-Saharan Africa. This comes after the president claimed in February that migrants from the south were part of an international plot to change the country's demographic makeup.
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