The socioeconomic sources of insecurity in southern Tunisia
Meddeb, Hamza
The socioeconomic sources of insecurity in southern Tunisia - 2019.
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The increasing insecurity in southern Tunisia since the revolution—worsened by the crisis in Libya and jihadism—has considerably transformed this previously peaceful area. The population is now caught between the rock of trafficking and jihadist and/or criminal incursions and the hard place of police and military control. The enormous stream of Libyan refugees—until recently—has contributed to the confusion. Moreover, socioeconomic difficulties have added to the security risks and, since 2011, have maintained a situation of instability that the measures to militarize border zones, implemented since 2015, seem unable to overcome any time soon. The population, therefore, is obliged to play a complicated game in order to survive, in which rejection of the state, absence of the state, and the demands of the state converge in a way that is not necessarily contradictory.
The socioeconomic sources of insecurity in southern Tunisia - 2019.
63
The increasing insecurity in southern Tunisia since the revolution—worsened by the crisis in Libya and jihadism—has considerably transformed this previously peaceful area. The population is now caught between the rock of trafficking and jihadist and/or criminal incursions and the hard place of police and military control. The enormous stream of Libyan refugees—until recently—has contributed to the confusion. Moreover, socioeconomic difficulties have added to the security risks and, since 2011, have maintained a situation of instability that the measures to militarize border zones, implemented since 2015, seem unable to overcome any time soon. The population, therefore, is obliged to play a complicated game in order to survive, in which rejection of the state, absence of the state, and the demands of the state converge in a way that is not necessarily contradictory.
Réseaux sociaux