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<French #209> Anti-migrant discourse in Tunisia: "A way to make people forget the country's problems" - le 4 mars 2023

   Today's article is about the demonstration in Tunisia from "France 24" dated March 4, 2023.

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French Original

Discours antimigrants en Tunisie : "Une façon de faire oublier les problèmes du pays"

 

En Tunisie, plus de 3 000 personnes ont manifesté contre le président Kaïs Saïed, samedi, alors que la répression se durcit et que les cas d’agressions contre des ressortissants d’Afrique subsaharienne se multiplient. Pour Vincent Geisser, chargé de recherche au CNRS, spécialiste du Maghreb, Kaïs Saïed cherche à se déresponsabiliser de la crise sociale et politique que traverse le pays.

 

English Translation

Anti-migrant discourse in Tunisia: "A way to make people forget the country's problems"

 

In Tunisia, more than 3,000 people demonstrated against President Kaïs Saïed on Saturday, as repression intensifies and cases of attacks against nationals of sub-Saharan Africa increase. For Vincent Geisser, researcher at the CNRS, specialist in the Maghreb, Kaïs Saïed seeks to rid himself of responsibility for the social and political crisis that the country is going through.

 

Words & Phrases

<A>

agressions > agression: attack

alors que: while, when

<C>

chargé (charger): charged (charge)

<D>

déresponsabiliser: to remove responsibility from

discours: speech

durcit > durcir: to harden, to intensify

<F>

façon: way

<M>

multiplient > multiplier: to multiply, to increase

<O>

ont manifesté: (have) demonstrated

oublier: to forget

<R>

ressortissants > ressortissant: national

<S>

subsaharienne > subsaharien: sub-Saharan

<T>

traverse > traverser: to cross