Tunisia, Libya announce deal on migrants stranded on border
Migrants of African origin who reportedly have been abandoned by Tunisian authorities, are provided with water upon their arrival in an uninhabited area near Al-Assah on the Libya-Tunisia border on July 30, 2023. PHOTO | MAHMUD TURKIA | AFP
Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded at their border, many of them for over a month.
The migrants, primarily from Sub-Saharan African countries, had been driven to the desert area of Ras Jedir by Tunisian authorities and left there to fend for themselves, according to witnesses, rights groups and UN agencies.
