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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian President Seeks to Reassure 'Legal' Migrants

FILE - Tunisia's President Kais Saied speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Tunisian President Kais Saied called Thursday for his government to take care of "legal" migrants from sub-Saharan Africa while doubling down on controversial remarks that illegal immigration was causing "demographic" change.

"People who are legally in Tunisia should be reassured," Saied said during a meeting with Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine on the security situation in the country.

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