Voluntary repatriation of irregular migrants from Sfax, to be speeded up as of next week (Tunisian Red Crescent)

Sfax: The process of voluntary repatriation of sub-Saharan migrants from the delegations of Jebeniana and El Amra (governorate of Sfax) will be speeded up as of next week, at a rate of 400 people a week, announced on Saturday Tunisian Red Crescent Regional Director Anas Lahkim.

This decision was made at the initiative of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with the Tunisian Red Crescent in Sfax, Lahkim told TAP.

Since October 2023, some 2,500 irregular migrants from sub-Saharan African countries in Sfax have agreed to this procedure, the same source said.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse