Under Surveillance: Testimony from a Global South migrant in Tunisia

On 2 June 2022, three police officers in civilian clothes knocked on my door in the Bab Souika neighborhood of Tunis, and asked me to follow them to the local police station without providing any reason. Upon my arrival at the station, my Indian passport and the temporary residence permit (carte de séjour provisoire) that I had carried with me were taken away. I was informed that the subject of my summons was a tweet I had published the day before.

Société Sana Sbouaï 18 Jun 2013

Des étudiants subsahariens toujours sans carte de séjour

La fin de l’année scolaire et universitaire est là, pour les étudiants étrangers venus étudier en Tunisie c’est le moment de prendre son billet d’avion et de rentrer au pays passer des vacances. Sauf que pour bon nombre d’entre eux le passage à la police des frontières va coûter cher, faute de carte de séjour ils vont devoir s’acquitter d’une amende.

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Under Surveillance: Testimony from a Global South migrant in Tunisia

Des étudiants subsahariens toujours sans carte de séjour

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