Xenophobia runs the world
From Washington to Copenhagen and Pretoria, blaming migrants has become the easiest governing strategy of our time.

From Washington to Copenhagen and Pretoria, blaming migrants has become the easiest governing strategy of our time.

![Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, head of the opposition National Salvation Front, speaks during a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia, in 2023 [File: Jihed Abidellaoui/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2023-02-15T111048Z_893442916_RC2LBZ92FYWV_RTRMADP_3_TUNISIA-ARRESTS-PRESIDENT-1764855371.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![Prominent opposition figure Chaima Issa takes part in a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied before being detained by police to enforce a 20-year prison sentence, in Tunis, Tunisia. November 29, 2025. [Jihed Abidellaoui/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-29T161124Z_455651553_RC2D6IAPVDQS_RTRMADP_3_TUNISIA-POLITICS-OPPOSITION-ARRESTS-1764440918.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International condemn Tunisia’s ‘assault on the rule of law’.
The family of jailed politician Jawhar Ben Mbarek say ‘his health is deteriorating’ after nine days without food.
Ahmed Souab, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, faces a number of charges related to ‘anti-terrorism’ legislation.









More than 200 people have been hospitalised in recent weeks with respiratory issues blamed on a local chemical plant.

Thousands in southern Tunisia rally to shut a state phosphate plant blamed for cancer, illness, and mass poisoning.
Local official says more than 120 people hospitalised in the city amid surge in reported cases of respiratory problems.
Saber Ben Chouchane, who was given the death penalty over posts insulting President Kais Saied, is released.

Dozens of activists detained aboard the Gaza aid flotilla have arrived home in Spain, Portugal, and Tunisia.

Caught between two worlds, migrants in Tunisia fight the elements and the authorities as they strive to reach Europe.