News Center- The National Anti-Trafficking Commission in Tunisia has released its 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report. A total of 635 human trafficking victims were reported in 2021, 417 of them were Ivory Coast citizens (64%), the report said.

Tunisia is used as a transit country

According to the report, the majority of foreign victims hailed from Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically from Ivory Coast (80%). The report revealed that economic and social conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa make Tunisia a transit country in the migratory movement from Africa to Europe.