Tunisian President Kais Saied is known for promoting conspiracy theories, his latest being an allegation of a years-long plot to bring immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa to the country “to transform the demographic composition of Tunisia.”
Tunisian President Kais Saied took a page from the white-nationalist playbook this week, espousing xenophobic and conspiratorial views on migration as his government rounded up sub-Saharan African migrants, leaving Black residents of Tunisia worried about their safety.Saied, who has consolidated power since his election in 2019, has eroded the North African country’s democratic institutions. He is known for promoting conspiracy theories to justify tightening his grip on power.
Saied’s comments drew plaudits from Éric Zemmour, a leader of France’s far right who is known for his anti-Islam and anti-immigrant views. Some 21,000 sub-Saharan African immigrants lived in Tunisia in 2021, according to the latest official survey,. Many sub-Saharan African immigrants arrive in Tunisia legally, to work or to study.
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