Tunisia police teargas migrant protesters at UNHCR offices
Migrants on April 11, 2023 shout in front of the UNHCR headquarters in Tunis after being dispersed by the country's police.. PHOTO | FETHI BELAID | AFP
Tunisian police on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse homeless black migrants who have been protesting outside a United Nations office to demand evacuation following incendiary comments by country’s President Kais Saied.
AFP journalists saw police breaking up the encampment outside the Tunis office of the global body's refugee agency United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been protesting there, saying they are not safe in Tunisia.
