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'I Carry My Cross': Sub-Saharan Migrants Despair In Tunisia

The asylum system in Tunisia is frozen (Credit: AFP)

Jonas spent more than a year trying to reach Tunisia after escaping ethnic violence in his native Nigeria, but rising anti-migrant sentiment and a government crackdown in the North African country have left him without help.

Speaking under a pseudonym for fear of expulsion, Jonas said he crossed through Niger and Libya to escape attacks on his Igbo ethnic group.

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