Tunisian President Kais Saied caused a stir at home and abroad when he suggested on Tuesday, February 21, that the arrival of sub-Saharan migrants was part of a plot to weaken the country's Arab Islamic identity. "There is a criminal plan to change the composition of the demographic landscape in Tunisia and some individuals have received large sums of money to give residence to sub-Saharan migrants," said the head of state, quoted in a statement from the Presidency of the Republic.

When you’re a country in Africa, and your official position is hating Black people.

>country's identity

An identity threatened by migrants is no real identity.

An autocrat who doesn’t have any ability to manage the country he rules will always resort to finding scapegoats.

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I don't mean to defend this guy at all but what do you mean by that? Imagine you have a very conservative country and then you have mass immigration from very Liberal countries. Of course, this would lead to conflicts wouldn't it? The same would apply the other way round. In other words, how would you define a country's identity without relying on how people living in that country think?

North Africa is largely Arab, not black, and historically was more closely tied to the Mediterranean world than sub Saharan Africa. Even though they're on the same continent when you look at a map, the giant desert might as well be an ocean since it acts as a geographic barrier, similar to how the Himalayas cordon off India into it's own region even though it looks like just another part of Asia if you're looking at a map with no context

Well, you are talking about sociopolitical make up of a country. It changes with time and technology and ... That can't be identity.

Conflicts must be avoided but I don't feel ok when people talk about migration collectively. It is a red flag.

I'm trying to put the best spin on this and assume he means that an identity just based on what color you are isn't a valid identity, but you're right, of course a huge influx of people with their own culture, history, and values will change the identity of the region, obviously that happens, there's no way for that not to happen

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Well that's a shame considering that the Second World is actively weaponizing refugee crises across the globe. Seems like an important topic to be able to talk about, but I can understand that some may not be able to stomach it.

How many countries care enough about Tunisia to plot against it. Maybe two?

Seriously. He's complaining about this when his own policies are driving an actual slave trade in Tunisia.

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It amazes me the people that support this guy. He needs to go sleep in a 6ft deep underground bed.

Genetic studies show they are barely Arab in their DNA at all just Arabized berbers they are as African as any other tribe in Africa