What next for migrants stuck on the Tunisian border with Libya? | Inside Story
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2023
- Their goal is to reach Europe.
But they are stranded on the border between Libya and Tunisia.
The Tunisian government wants them out.
But Libya won't let them in.
Many, including women and children, say they have no food, water or shelter.
So why are they stuck in the middle?
How has the stand-off arisen?
And where can they go?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
Guests:
Lauren Seibert, Human Rights Watch refugee and migrant rights researcher.
Amine Snoussi, analyst and specialist on Tunisian politics.
Ahlam Chemlali, PhD candidate Danish Institute for International Studies; specialist on migration policies in Tunisia, Libya and EU
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They aren't stuck! They are attempting to violate Europe's borders, Tunisia doesn't want them, they have to leave but Libya won't let them enter because Libya is a sovereign country with enforceable boarders. They can return to their country of origin. They aren't stuck...they just don't want to go back to their own land.
@@vibesz they came from that desert they can go back from it
Really? How about Europe violating THEIR borders first? Blowback of empire.
@@vibeszsome people don't understand that if a person is comfortable in their country they will not take such risk to seek a better life. We see migrants every day leaving to look a better life. The thing is that if a person has nothing they will leave their country to seek something.
@@vibeszThe time for being friendly hosts and compassion has passed, when uninvited illegal invaders behave like ungrateful guests.
They are stuck. Where exactly are they supposed to go? No money, food, transportation, health gee the list goes on. It's a shame that we have gotten to this point.
Poverty is not a reason for asylum. I dont say that, the UNHCR does. Stop chasing free money,stop having kid's you can't feed,perhaps you'd have a better life investing 1000s in having a business in your own countries?
Everyone is blaming tunisia for caring for their own people but no one is blaming the African leaders.
Where is the pressure on China, Korea and Indonesia to accept everyone trying to reach their countries? This seems like an undue burden placed on Tunisia not to close its country to this.
Exactly. Just blame both European society and Arabic society for not wanting to become another toilet filled nation in Africa. International law going means something if the WM chooses to enforce it. The WM chooses to ignore it. Africa still has slavery. Why would Europeans need bk Africans if they don’t have slavery. They do not belong in Europe. They belong in bk Africa. If you loved the All Powerful WM so much then they shouldn’t have wanted them to leave Africa. We are not equal. We will never be equal. Africans have every single natural resource but they do not have the mental capacity to do anything with them other than sell them cheap to the other races mentally capable of producing products from them! Equally,Diversity and Inclusion are just a bunch of meaningless words made up by the liberal elites who are the True enemy of mankind, that might “Look like Europeans” but are not our people. These are the same people who pushed the western world to war, caused communism, the transatlantic slave trade, then use the mainstream, Hollywood media to make propaganda about the big bad European WM when the world knows who is truly responsible for this entire immigration crisis.
Simple solution. Go recolonize some island of the coast of the SADC region of Africa where it is impossible for them to get to any western country and return all of them to their homeland or send them to the island.
A unique burden placed on Tunisia..?? Wait until you find out about the unique burden being placed on Europe!
@@jamieguthrie1760 lol..
@@jamieguthrie1760what Europe is experiencing is not even 5% of what Morocco, Turkey and Tunisia are experiencing.
Worst of all is that, while being there, they have no intention to build any future there, because they want to go to Europe.
Help them to return to own land.
Really? How about the countries that forced this condition in the first place taking responsability for what they've done?
@@patriayvida6850 its not other countries business ..
The golden age of migration without ‘permission’ is coming to an end for the foreseeable future. Ironically a world that would allow everyone to live wherever they want is a world where all countries would have decent employment and resources.
What makes you think it's coming to an end?
These people are not stuck anywhere just go home we cant pay for any more layabouts
Countries can only take so much...some migrants/refugees will get disappointed unfortunately. Must find the smugglers that sell them false hopes.
For sure, they will go to Europe once they cross each country. Every human rights watch activist and lawyers should get 10 migrants each let's see if they really mean what they preached.
Qatar should also participate
😂😂😂😂
HRW is complaining that Tunisia isn't accepting these migrants but not saying WHY they should not be turned around. Refugees have very strict requirements. An economic migrant is NOT A REFUGEE.
OK, what are the "strict requirements" for Refugees and how do those requirements defer for those of "economic migrants"...
Qatar only allows contract laborers and workers. Perhaps more countries should do this, just treat them better than in Qatar. Let them come for 12 years and then back home to start a family. They’ll bring back skills, insight and a stack of money to build a home.
You watch way too many scripted movies
Good point. But I would start with working permits like in Qatar...and normal working conditions .
12 years ? They will never leave.
@@joseywales148you can say that again.
This moral blackmail aimed at southern European country by showing us those unfortunate people must be stopped. No words by any of them is addressing the prime problem, that is the corrupt leaders of the countries they are escaping from. Nigeria is the richest country in Africa, no; all the criticism is towards nation on the receiving end resulting in corruption of those leaders. What makes this immigrants feel entitle to come to Europe, when they have no right to come, and are resented? And then to add insult to injury be called racist and xenophobic because we object, None of the countries they are escaping from is at war, they are not refugees, or asylum seekers.
EU countries already do this, but with other European countries. These migrants are a HUGE cost and will be for many generations.
But why are they not asking about African leaders?
Cos their black
Let the UN come in and help them. The UN encourages migration.migrants need to stop breaking in other countries expecting that country support them. it is not racist!
Everyone is blaming tunisia as if we invited these people or as if they have the right to reside in our country illegally .
We have our serious economic problems to care about .
Well they are in front of you if any organization wants to help them they are welcome.
The lady saying the EU must put pressure on tunisia to accept them and give them social aids , who do you think yourself .
Do you think really in this economic crises and debt crises europe can really put pressure on us to have more debts to depence on social aid for migrants , tunisia is not giving social aid to its poor citizens .
There are some tunisian who are giving to them some water and some food and that's all.
No one ask them to come here , they can go back to their countries and ask for help , it is not our problem
Stay in your country .. don't go
Too bad you don'tt say that to the colonial powers that cause these problems in the first place.
I can't understand why these people are not going to Arab countries who are rich and will accommodate them .
I think it's better that they go to quatar rather than in Italy. We are sick
Qatar only allows contract laborers and workers. Perhaps more countries should do this, just treat them better than in Qatar.
@@thesisLAxyeah and they can be compelled to change that
@@thesisLAx most if not all western countries have work visas.... ever heard of this ? you apply for them if you have the required skills and get on a plane..
Your country loves cheap labor - Italy bus unrecognizable
Send them to Saudi Arabia.
Nothing but respect for Tunisia and Libya, about time everybody else followed suit.
Tunisia just got $6 Billion from European Union to get rid of migrants. So do Libya . The money could have been used to create scholarships, to build new infrastructures, affordable houses , or create new jobs for Africans that would have keep them in their country instead of risking their lives. May God help them ! May God bless Africa !
@@bestcarschannel6898 Many people don't look at the root causes of migration. No one runs from good. If a person has it good in their country they will not risk their lives to leave.
they are part of the problem instead os staying in their own country and fixing it they flee to leech off of other nations hardwork@@STRAWYB
Much love from tunisia to all african brothers. We are as poor as you so we understand. May god protect you and help you
Shouldn't the arab world deal with this instead of straining Europe than it already is.
A smuggler hunt should be initiated. Eventually it's the smugglers making false promises.
☪️ won't be happy in Europe. They won't get used to European costumes culture, religione etc... as we have seen the results for decades around Europe 🇪🇺 new case recently is in France 🇫🇷
I now wonder those with discrimination are the same people crying in france😂. Tunisia has lowered too much
Why only the peacefuls migrating illegally ??
Why not immigrate to Saudi Arabia or other rich ☪️ oils countries they have a lots of money. They speak the same language and they share the same religion. Europe now is poor. Cause by the North African migrants like the situation now in France 🇫🇷 we have so much problems with the North African here in Europe, Cause we don't find a common ground to understand each other ect....
As a Pakistani I fully support love respect and support Tunisia and its beautiful people from Pakistan. May Allah SWT bless Tunisia and its beautiful people from Pakistan 🙂.😊
You should be ashamed if you support there racism as a Muslim.
but when South Africans say all Arab muslim people must be deported back to their poor Islamic state you dont feel the same mxm...you are so selfish minded. SA is feeding millions of poor hungry desperate stinking cursed Pakistanis and you talking rubbish on social media mxm ftsek .
Who cares?
@@dujardinmtlexactly. How does that help the migrants?
It's not iniflamory speech unfortunately. Most people from Africa and the middle East tend to wànt to live in,what in the West,would be seen, stone age behaviour,and refuse to adapt, just want the welfare state imo. If you come,you ada,or go home.
You have no clue about the sheer number of different tribes, cultures, mindsets,etc that you have just generalized.
Tunisia a country that have many economic migrants abroad because of the lack of economic oppotunities in our country is now blamed for not giving residence to foreign economic illegal migrants .
These people are living in a pallele world where everything is pink
god protect Libya and Tunisia
Once I saw the Barbara Lerner Specter video some years ago I understand completely why the invasion is occurring
A humanitarian approach would be for able and better off people to help the less able and well off in their own countries.
Thanks Al Jazeera
Why don’t any of the 57 Muslim countries take them? Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE are very rich as well as Morocco etc
There is so much work needed in Africa. Africa wants more infrastructure, more roads, more irrigation. How come these job-seekers are unable to find jobs building the infrastructure in Africa?
Tunisia is a poor country that cant lift it's own poor out of poverty.Why should they allow their country to be invaded illegal immigrants?The rich always want the poor to pay for the problems.Instead of interviewing rich N.G.O.women who have never had a real job in their lives,why don't they ask the ordinary people what they think?
1) 🕵 Starting @12:31, they discussed that the EU *had* given MILLIONS of dollars to Tunisia and now proposing a BILLION dollars more. UAE just said they will give $100MILLIONS to countries affected by irregular migration. Tunisia and Libya *do* have help and should do better. 2) 🙄 How do you know these are "rich NGO women who have never had a real job in their lives"? I bet they work harder than you!
president Saed is right it's a plot we don't want poor immigrant that's all !
What are their embassies doing?
I live in China. Everything is miserable here, but no one dares to complain.
Seriously, if there is next life, I wish to be born in any other country, except China.
BOT.
Oh 😮
Not being born at all would be better. Trust me!
why deport ppl before figuring out what their real plans are, and didn't commit a crime (cept, here or there, if so, which is sometimes enough to trigger community reaction against a group, generally, ethnic or otherwise)..
Do any of you comentators have these black refugees living in your area? Good on Tunisia.
Why rich GCC aren't helping these poor creatures??
African union.....time to step up!!! The world does not respect Africa or Africans. Africa stop letting the world take your resources at the expense of your populations. Digusting level of inhumanity shown by Tunisian officials. Behaviour so far removed from Islamic principles Tunisian leader was going on about. What goes around comes around.
My point exactly
in islam we give 3 days of hospitality but now it's to far for us !
They praise their thieving leaders and do not hold them accountable for their plight, but run to other countries, South Africa is in the same boat, in fact even worse than Tunisia, faced with millions of illegal immigrants. They refuse to go back to their countries, UN intervened but gave up.
Please our families there they are suffering and they need help please
Why not a West African scholar and activist? There are many to choose from. It is a shame.
How about try and fix their home problems instead of bashing the countries that don’t have the resources to take in another country’s problems
Another unbearable African story
They are rejected by countries on their continent and Europe is obliged to take them in where is the logic behind that
The world is going mad too much wickedness
Lineker can pick them up
and Lenny henry with Lammi
Deportation and repatriation should be Worldwide.
To end this nightmare.
.-. But Of Couurrsseee its all the same everyday .-. Like when is it going to stop?.
Not to be rude but it slowly gets too far.
it is so sad and painful seeing your fellows human bee
God bless Africa 🙏🙏
More than a dozen black Sub-Saharan countries have a larger gdp than the $46bn of this poorest Maghreb place(check IMF): cameroun Cameroun, Tanzania, Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia,..., Nigeria!
C'est pas là peine de parlé anglais les peuples Tunisien ils ne comprennent pas l'anglais donc exprimé en français ici on est en Tunisie 'notre langue officielle c'est le français salutations de Tunis Tunisie bab lakwess Farid
France will take them
Who are the leaders in Africa?
It’s not the whole Africa most of these people are coming from West Africa! You will never see Africans from Southern part of Africa!
Blacks
@@butterfly9274 That is because is to far.
Potatoes
Tunisia looking for handouts from EU. Tunisia has a duty of care for their people!
It’s high time the Maghreb is thrown out of the African Union.
Even Israel would be a better replacement at this point.
Israel has nothing to do in the AU
You all know there is always a solution.
nonsense... stupid think to say... guess you know the cure for cancer...
@@milesinnzNope..but if u know the problem, I guess you will figure it out!
Cancer is just a word till today.....
@@RichardMizo "You all know there is always a solution".. you still don't make sense... are plenty of problems with no solutions.. the problem with Africa is a population explosion.. what do you propose to do with all the babies and children who have no future..
@@milesinnzHow will you solve a problem when there isn't one?
@@RichardMizo so these illegal migrants in Tunisia are not a problem ? Cancer is not a problem ?... you are not connected to the real world... and that IS a problem...
Why all HR activists belong to piece-full community?
Wow !! A " Specialist " on immigration and Human Rights ??! Paid for by
US taxpayers including generous travel and hotel expenses . So we can really
count on her for a balanced opinion.??
Rich ☪️ oils countries didn't obeyed muhammed command to take care of they fellow ☪️ brothers and sisters in need
Never asked.
Don't care.
Stop give birth
Lauren Seibert ... one lie after another.
Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense? For that is the one who drives away the orphan And does not encourage the feeding of the poor So woe to those who pray [But] who are heedless of their prayer - Those who make show [of their deeds] And withhold [simple] assistance.
The Quran
ARE THEY JUST SUPPOSE LET THEM COME IN AND OVER RUN THERE TOWNS
Oh dear what a pity, my heart bleeds. Now wheres the Champagne.
What a nasty piece of work you are..devils dont have a heart
only america europe = are allowed to worry about there country's security = very good system
dumbo.. guess you are too thick to even understand this very news item.. just how stupid can a pathetic child be ?
United States Southern border is wide-open and refugees are pouring in.
@@azinfidel6461 western governments are too weak at the knees to do anything and listen to the cries of pathetic sick left wing activists who never ever made a contribution to society in the first place... and now look at France and the UK as just some examples.. this same trash will say "western countries need workers", so when I ask the question "why not get a work visa", they make a mess in their nappies and run for the exit..
They don't want to go home so deal with it????
Welcome france😂
Sell them .
Tunisia must help accept them
Fresh meat to burgers 🍔
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Temporary Before The Migrant In Tunisia To Send To Another Country For Have Liveliving, -;This All As UN Organisation Have Risponsiblelity To Give They're Enough Foot & Houssing / Homestay , - Thanks All, ...... Cheerio.*****.
Ameirca will not help africans they help only rich gooons , so help ur self
Why would they? They have millions of unwanted blks already in their land
Tunisia, hold the line
I hope South Africa is learning from Tunisia on how to handle illegal immigration in the country. Other countries cant be held hostage over migration crisis by HR when their own government's dont want to be under international laws that protects human rights in their own countries but wants their people to benefit from the very same international laws in other peoples countries mxm
Can yall ladies plz not get pregnant while stuck in limbo cuz we dont know how long your gonna be stuck their and youll be a terrible mother birthing a child in these conditions