BLACK SUB-SAHARAN STUDENTS TRY TO FLEE TUNISIA AFTER WAVE OF MASS ARRESTS AND VIOLENCE
March 23rd, 2023
Students from sub-Saharan African countries are warning they are ready to abandon degree courses in Tunisian universities and colleges, fleeing this north African country in the wake of mass arrests of compatriots and racial violence this month.
Christian Kwongang, president of the Tunisian Association of Sub-Saharan Students (Association des Étudiants et Stagiaires Africains en Tunisie - AESAT) said that as of March 7, at least 400 sub-Saharan African students had been arrested in immigration sweeps by police, and there had been more than 30 racially motivated ...
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