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Protests paralyse Tunisian town after migrant deaths

Protests paralyse Tunisian town after migrant deaths

A southern Tunisian coastal town was paralysed by protests amid growing anger over the fate of people who drowned in a migrant shipwreck last month, with some buried in unmarked graves. The powerful UGTT labour union called a general strike in Zarzis on Tuesday, bringing to head days of smaller protests to demand authorities do more to find missing bodies and improve living conditions. Images showed the streets of Zarzis packed with protesters chanting anti-authority slogans with shops and government institutions closed. "Today the state continues to ignore us and does not even search for those drowned," said Salim Zreidat,…
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Peril at sea, danger on shore for migrants trapped in Libya

Peril at sea, danger on shore for migrants trapped in Libya

WHEN Abdullah boarded an inflatable boat crammed with fellow migrants in February he thought he would finally reach Europe after braving the dangers of a Sahara crossing and Libya's civil war. The 27-year-old from Niger knew the voyage ahead was risky. The Mediterranean waters between Libya and Italy have claimed thousands of lives in recent years as people sought a better life in richer, safer countries. After only two hours at sea, naval vessels turned back the small flotilla of smuggling boats, returning Abdullah to the Libyan mainland where he had faced violence and abuse. "I cried and cried ...…
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