Tunis: During the first half of the year, undocumented sub-Saharan African migrants in Tunisia received remittances worth 3 billion dinars (about $1 billion).

During a meeting, a representative of the national security council stated that 2023.
The meeting's president, Kais Saied, declared: "This figure is shocking and suggests that Tunisia is being targeted."

In remarks criticized by rights organizations, Saied criticized this year's undocumented immigration from sub-Saharan Africa to his nation, claiming that it was done so to alter Tunisia's demographic composition

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The announced transfers for unauthorized immigrants are worth more than the 2.2 billion dinars in first-half revenues generated by Tunisia's important tourism sector.

An unprecedented migration crisis has arisen in Tunisia as thousands of undocumented migrants have flocked to the coastal city of Sfax in recent months with the intention of traveling to Europe on boats operated by human traffickers.

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Following days of fighting between locals and migrants in Sfax, Tunisia relocated hundreds of migrants this month to a barren region near the border.

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This week, the government relocated the migrants to shelters in two towns after receiving complaints from local and international rights organizations that the authorities were endangering the lives of the migrants.