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His remarks have fueled racially motivated violence against black migrants in Tunisia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>&#8216;Imaginary enemies&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The claim that undocumented migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa are changing the country\u2019s demographic composition follows the European <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/pkae3v\/tunisia-racism-kais-saied\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">far-right conspiracy theory of the \u2018Great Replacement\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Propagated by French writer Renaud Camus, this racist theory sees immigration as a threat to the \u2018purity\u2019 and homogeneity of national identities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omdhane Ben Amor, representative of the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights, explains how these statements aim at creating an \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">imaginary enemy\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to divert attention from the country\u2019s political and economic crisis. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, the country has struggled to recover from the turmoil caused by the overthrow of President Ben Ali in 2011.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defying protest bans, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/3\/5\/tunisian-opposition-defies-protest-ban-with-rally\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trade unions have taken to the streets regularly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following the rise of the president\u2019s authoritarian tendencies since he dissolved parliament in 2021 and ordered the arrest of opposition leaders.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, racist depictions of \u2018swaps\u2019 of migrants are undermined by official data as b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lack people only make up between <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/2\/22\/tunisias-saied-says-migration-aimed-at-changing-demography\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 to 15% of Tunisia\u2019s population<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The presence of black people on Tunisia\u2019s territory is not a recent phenomenon either. They have historically been part of Tunisia\u2019s multicultural landscape; many are descendants of slaves taken against their will, while others reside in Tunisia as university students, or work in key sectors of the economy such as agriculture.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Harassment of black migrants<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The African Union has condemned President Saied\u2019s statements, citing his obligation as a member of the union to \u201ctreat all migrants with dignity, wherever they come from, refrained from racialized hate speech that could bring people to harm, and prioritize their safety and human rights\u201d<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As such, the Union took the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/3\/6\/african-union-cancels-tunisia-meeting-after-migrant-attacks\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decision to postpone a conference planned to be held in Tunis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> later this month.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saied\u2019s response that migrants residing in Tunisia legally have nothing to fear has been disproved by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Benchemsi, director for the MENA region at Human Rights Watch. He evokes the arbitrary detention of sub-Saharan Africans irrespective of their legal status.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">According to Lawyers Without Borders, over 800 sub-Saharan migrants have been detained. Many have been verbally and physically abused, losing their jobs, or having their homes vandalized. As a result, African countries Mali, Guinea and the Ivory Coast have started repatriation schemes for their nationals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joining the small yet important <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tunisia-government-kais-saied-tunis-racism-9acccbfdfff8669edb103412275eaebb\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wave of support<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for black people by anti-racist and anti-fascist groups in the form of protests and food and clothing donations<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Tunisian comedian Fatma Saidane reminded fellow Tunisians not to &#8220;assault or insult people who live on our soil in the same way we don\u2019t accept our compatriots to be ill-treated in Europe&#8221;. Several of these human rights groups have also been the target of harassment by the wider population.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">ACHRS follows the African Union\u2019s lead and strongly condemns these recent events. We urge the Tunisian government to address the harmful consequences of such discriminatory discourse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia needs to do more to enforce its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arab-reform.net\/publication\/tunisias-law-against-racial-discrimination-the-mixed-results-of-a-pioneering-legislation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018 law penalizing hate speech of a racial nature and protecting victims<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the first law of its kind to be passed in the MENA region. The incidents in question demonstrate the need to reinforce it, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/tunisian-president-rejects-racism-accusation-after-migrant-crackdown-2023-03-05\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">police response has been slow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in investigating complaints.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The center stands in solidarity with local human rights groups and targeted victims in their struggle for equality and social justice in Tunisia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a meeting of the National Security Council on February 21st, Tunisian president Kais Saied said that &#8220;the goal of illegal immigration is to turn Tunisia into a purely African country that has no affiliation to the Arab and Islamic nations\u201d. 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