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Speech of protesting recognized Refugee on WSF

The suffering and the unknown fate of shousha refugees We are 228 refugees from different nationalities (Sudan – Somali –Eritrea – Ethiopia – Chad ) who got the refugee status from UNHCR, and living in shousha camp, the total number … Continue reading

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Protest of Rejected Refugees

Another group of refugees from Choucha Refugee Camp has been protesting in Tunis today. The asylum claims of these refugees have been refused by the UNHCR in a hasty and unfair procedure, thus they are not allowed to the Resettlement … Continue reading

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Protest in Front of the UNHCR goes on

The group of recognized refugees from Choucha refugee camp are continuing their protest in front of the UNHCR office in Tunis. Today the group counted 41 persons, that demand to be accepted to the Resettlement Programme. As the Choucha camp … Continue reading

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Protest in front of UNHCR, Tunis

Today, 26th of March, Refugees from Choucha started a protest outside the UNHCR office in Tunis. The protesters are part of a group of recognized refugees, that are not allowed to the Resettlement Programme as the rest of the recognized … Continue reading

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Choucha Solidarity Group @ WSF

The Meeting of the Choucha Solidarity Group will take place on Wednesday, 27th March at 6.30 p.m. at the cafe in the Migration Village (Campus El Manar).

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Refugees being restrained from attending the WSF

On Monday evening, the tunisian police and military blocked 130 refugees from Choucha Camp to leave from Ben Guerdane to Tunis. The refugees were supposed to travel on three busses to the capital in order to attend the World Social … Continue reading

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Choucha Protest @ World Social Forum

Forgotten in the Tunisian Desert? Show your solidarity with the refugees from the Libyan war in Choucha camp! Two years ago, on 19th March 2011, a coalition, led by France, Great Britain and the USA, started bombing Libya, and on … Continue reading

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28/02/2013 – protests in Zarzis, South Tunisia

Which space for asylum in Tunisia? During the evening hours of February 27th about thirty refugees of Eritrean nationality, including six women and a child, went to the headquarters of the United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Zarzis … Continue reading

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Protest Declaration of the 230 rejected refugees after their return from Tunis to Choucha Camp

After six days of protest with our negotiations and demands still intact. We did not quit our claims, neither give up nor surrender on our struggles. Our demands has to be met by the UNHCR. We are not “MIGRANTS” under … Continue reading

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Protesterklärung der 230 abgelehnten Flüchtlinge nach ihrer Rückkehr von Tunis ins Lager Choucha

Nach sechs Tagen Protest und Verhandlungen stehen unsere Forderungen immer noch im Raum. Wir haben sie nicht zurückgenommen noch haben wir unseren Kampf aufgegeben oder kapituliert. Wir sind keine „MigrantInnen“ unter tunesischem Recht, sondern Asylsuchende unter der Zuständigkeit des UNHCR … Continue reading

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