After a succesful first day the Protesters stayed in front of the UNHCR office overnight to continue shouting out their demands the second day in a row.
Monday started with a rally on Human Rights Square. The protesters were accompanied by many tunisian journalists and supporters. Following the rally the group of 100 refugees and supporters made their way to to the district calles “les berges du lac” of Tunis, where the Red Cross, the EU Delegation and UNHCR is situated. The long protest march through Tunis eventually reached this district. Rallies were held in front of Red Cross, EU Delegation and finally the UNHCR office. While the afternoon turned rainy, the protesters did not turn quiet and renewed their demands of a reopening of all the rejected cases, alimentation and medical support for people in Choucha and Resettlement to third countries for all the remaining people in the southern refugee-camp.
Throughout monday no one from UNHCR showed up to answer to these demands.
For the night supporters gathered blankets and the protesters rested in front of the unhcr office.
Tuesday morning brought change: A delegation of Protesters was invited to a meeting with UNHCR representatives. The refugees stated their demands and UNHCR replied as they did so many times before with saying they would not be responsible and the refugees should either go home with IOM, go back to Libya, try to stay illegalized in Tunisia or ask some foreign embassy for protection… Since the refugees are convinced that UNHCR made loads and loads of mistakes while working on their files – they don’t want to let UNHCR get away with withdrawing from their responsability
The decision is clear: The refugees stay protesting in front of UNHCR until they take responsability and offer solutions for all the rejected asylumseekers in Choucha camp.
