Speaking to Tunisie Numérique, President of the Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights Mustapha Abdelkabir confirmed that there has been no information for over two weeks about the fate of 37 Tunisians. These people embarked on an illegal immigration journey from Sfax towards Italy.
Abdelkabir stressed that the Observatory has reached out to diverse Libyan entities, including the government, organizations, and the Red Crescent, as well as Tunisian authorities in Libya. All these parties have declined any knowledge of the missing persons being present in Libyan territory. Similarly, the Observatory has also been in contact with several associations and activists operating in the field of illegal immigration in Italy and Malta, who similarly reported no proof of the group’s whereabouts.
He stressed that most of the missing people are from the Al-Hansha region in Sfax Province, Medenine Province, and other cities. The extended duration and the nature of their disappearance have raised several concerns and questions.
In the same context, our speaker added that since 2011, thousands of Tunisians have gone missing under identical circumstances, implying that this group may have met the same fate.
The head of the Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights furthermore issued a warning to the families of the missing persons, especially those in the Hansha region. He warned them to be wary of blackmail schemes and misleading communications asserting to have information about their relatives in Libya, labelling such news as incorrect.
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