Médecins Sans Frontières - ENG version - Testimonies from Tunisia

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB173761

Date taken / Date Recorded 18/09/2023 12:00 AM

Country Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Stefan Pejovic

Copyright Stefan Pejovic/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available no

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m32s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1080px 188.13 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:03:35
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Kasserine is a

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very, very dangerous place in Tunisia.

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You have so many
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mafias there.

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So many mafias...
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who attack Africans,
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only black Africans.

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The police…
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even right now in my arm...

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I have a problem here.
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It’s not only the police.
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When you are black
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and you are sleeping outside, in the way,

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the mafia can come
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to collect your phone

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and collect
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your money.

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If you have
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even one dinar,

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they can collect all.
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Even if you go to one’s house
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to drink

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you can’t spend
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5 or 10 minutes

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because what they
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tell you is:

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“You can’t stay here
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because is illegal.

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If the police sees you here
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we have problems

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Our government doesn’t allow us
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to assist black Africans.”

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They call us ‘Africans’.
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“You are African people,
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why are you coming to Tunisia?

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Tunisia is not
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your place.’’

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You take what you have
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not what you want.
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This is what
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happens there.

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If you have something
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to eat,

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you’ll take that.
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If you don’t have it,
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you’ll wait for your chance.

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There were some
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with a few packs of biscuits.

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All the food was finished
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on Thursday night.

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Friday and Saturday
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we don’t eat
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and we don’t drink.

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Then they [MSF] rescued us
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on Saturday.