#Tunisia On #WorldRefugeeDay, in #Medenine Refugees & asylum seekers have organised a peaceful march to demand protection. In Tunisia their life is suspended as the country has no law on asylum, and shelters are overcrowded.
#Tunisia "Can we have the right to live a decent life?
#WorldRefugeeDay we ask about our future."
UNHCR has registered 1,843 ppl, including 1,233 refugees & 600 asylum seekers. ~57% Syrians. Officially, refugees are not allowed to work & have very little education opportunities.
#Tunisia warning shots were fired skyward & tear gas were used to stop the peaceful #WorldRefugeeDay march. Reports of refugees being detained in #Medenine police station.
Another video filmed today in #Medenine #Tunisia when #WorldRefugeeDay march was violently repressed.
"Why we don't have the right to ask our rights" - question by an Eritrean living in #Tunisia & registered as @Refugees.
@Refugees #Tunisia Following yesterday police crackdown on peaceful #WorldRefugeeDay march in Medenine, around 20 refugees & asylum seekers were arrested.
Yesterday night, around 10 of them were released. 2 were brutally beaten & left on the roadside.
About a dozen are missing.
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