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Simon Speakman Cordall

Determination, hope and longing in the Tunisians fighting for a better life

Jalel Alouni thinks about his 27-year-old son Mahrez who is in Serbia fleeing a future without hope [Simon Speakman Cordall/Al Jazeera]

Tunis, Tunisia – Anoir Neffati is a big man. At 39, he gets by on casual work from the local market in Mellassine, a working-class district close to the centre of Tunis.

Ten days ago, he was one of the nearly 10,000 Tunisians to have attempted to land without papers in Italy. Seven days ago, he was deported.

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