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Tunisia: Smugglers profiting from migration to Europe

Jan-Philipp Scholz | Mabrouka Khedir
November 7, 2023

As Germany reevaluates its migration policy, people traffickers in Tunisia are busier than ever. The North African country remains a major transit point on the route to Europe. DW's Jan-Philipp Scholz and Mabrouka Khedir report.

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