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Tunisia – the new graveyard for migrants trying to cross Mediterranean

Jul 22, 2019 By Lilia Blaise

Faycal, from Sudan, is now applying for asylum in Tunisia. © Lilia Blaise

Faycal, from Sudan, is now applying for asylum in Tunisia. © Lilia Blaise

The authorities in Tunisia have been overwhelmed following the shipwreck off neighbouring Libya on July 1st 2019 which left 90 migrants drowned. Graveyards are full, migrant reception centres cannot cope and there is no overall integration plan to welcome migrants into society. The Tunisian government is also critical of the inaction of European countries over the issue. Lilia Blaise reports from Medenine in south-west Tunisia.

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French army mocks Trump's cancelled visit to WWI cemetery

Nov 13, 2018 By La rédaction de Mediapart

In a post on Twitter, the French army mocked US president Donald Trump’s decision on Sunday to cancel a visit to a cemetery of US soldiers killed in WWI, when bad weather conditions were cited as the reason, during his visit to France to mark the centenary of the 1918 armistice.

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Christian graves desecrated in cemetery in Normandy

Feb 18, 2015 By La rédaction de Mediapart

The vandalism at the cemetery in Tracy-sur-Mer follows just days after an attack on a Jewish cemetery in Alsace.

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