The families of Tunisians who have disappeared in Italy no longer rely on the government to shed light on the fate of their children. Their stories reveal the solitary struggle carried on by the relatives of undocumented Tunisian migrants in the face of a government which, through its silence, is either failing in its duties or complicit in the ongoing tragedy.
Fishermen were the first to respond after families raised the alarm. Without any concrete action taken by authorities, fishermen set off in search of those who had disappeared at sea. Meanwhile, on land, resentment boils over in the city of Zarzis. Report.
While the media tend never to establish any connection between “irregular immigration” and the “brain drain”, the motives behind these two types of emigration are far more similar than we are led to believe.
The controversial affair of the Tunisian migrants lost at sea during the months of March, April and May 2011, continues to perplex Tunisian authorities as well as those on the Italian peninsula. This article aims to give a chronological account of the key facts surrounding this affair .
