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A Nigerian migrant simply identified as Kelvin has cried for help after being abandoned in the desert alongside refugees from other sub-Saharan African countries by Tunisian authorities.
According to Infomigrants, an online news agency that covers matters relating to migration and refugee plights, Kelvin and other refugees were driven out of Sfax, a city located in southeast Tunisia, following a spate of attacks targeting migrants from sub-Saharan African countries.
“Someone needs to come now! We are going to die. It is 40 degrees, and we don’t have a drop of water,” said Kelvin in a phone conversation.
The Nigerian further said he was first detained by Tunisian authorities in Sfax before he was subsequently forced to board a chartered bus that drove and abandoned him in the desert alongside “at least 150 people”.
