Tunisia has dismantled camps housing thousands of undocumented migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, police say. "It was our duty to end all the disorder," explains a national guard spokesman. Around 4,000 people of various nationalities left one of the camps cleared by authorities, who say that operations will continue over the coming days. Tunisia has in recent years become a key departure point in North Africa for migrants making the perilous Mediterranean Sea crossing in hopes of reaching Europe.
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00:00The operation was considered as one of the many legal cases that were registered in relation
00:27to the occupation of private areas.
00:28as well as private and public places.
00:32Therefore, it is our duty to enforce the door of security
00:36and eliminate all forms of chaos that exist
00:40and that the Tunisian state is determined not to return to these random camps.