European border externalization and Tunisian migration policies: A psychology of sociopolitical impacts
Garnaoui, Wael
European border externalization and Tunisian migration policies: A psychology of sociopolitical impacts - 2023.
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The externalisation of the EU’s borders to manage and prevent irregular migration is not without significant collateral damage in the countries that have readily accepted it. Tunisia is a case in point. By creating areas where people from the southern Mediterranean are turned back and confined, this policy forces the populations of third countries to endorse a policy of controlling migratory movements at a time when they themselves are subject to restrictions on movement, and very often suffer the loss or death, sometimes without burial, of a child forced to emigrate illegally. The recent speech by President Kais Saied, stigmatising sub-Saharan immigration in terms tinged with nationalism, xenophobia, and religious fundamentalism, has reactivated the scapegoat logic of sad memory. To gauge the extent of Tunisians’ growing hostility towards sub-Saharan migrants and the impact in the country of tighter controls on foreigners, this article is based on three surveys conducted in Tunisia in 2023.
European border externalization and Tunisian migration policies: A psychology of sociopolitical impacts - 2023.
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The externalisation of the EU’s borders to manage and prevent irregular migration is not without significant collateral damage in the countries that have readily accepted it. Tunisia is a case in point. By creating areas where people from the southern Mediterranean are turned back and confined, this policy forces the populations of third countries to endorse a policy of controlling migratory movements at a time when they themselves are subject to restrictions on movement, and very often suffer the loss or death, sometimes without burial, of a child forced to emigrate illegally. The recent speech by President Kais Saied, stigmatising sub-Saharan immigration in terms tinged with nationalism, xenophobia, and religious fundamentalism, has reactivated the scapegoat logic of sad memory. To gauge the extent of Tunisians’ growing hostility towards sub-Saharan migrants and the impact in the country of tighter controls on foreigners, this article is based on three surveys conducted in Tunisia in 2023.
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