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Refugees and asylum-seekers in Tunisia by Country of Origin JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Côte d'Ivoire UNHCR, Government 28 Feb 2021
  39.7% 		2,859
Syrian Arab Rep. UNHCR, Government 21 Feb 2021
  28.7% 		2,065
Others UNHCR, Government 28 Feb 2021
  10.9% 		788
Guinea UNHCR, Government 28 Feb 2021
  4.4% 		316
Sudan UNHCR, Government 28 Feb 2021
  4.0% 		286
Cameroon UNHCR, Government 28 Feb 2021
  3.7% 		270
Eritrea UNHCR, Government 28 Feb 2021
  3.5% 		251
Libya UNHCR, Government 28 Feb 2021
  2.9% 		206
Somalia UNHCR, Government 28 Feb 2021
  2.2% 		161


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    Mixed Migration Profiling - Key Findings

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    UNHCR: Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa Education Newsletter #13

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    UNHCR Operational Update - January 2021

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    UNHCR Tunisia Operational Update - October 2020

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    UNHCR Tunisia Operational Update - November 2020

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    UNHCR Tunisia Registration Factsheet - February 2021

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    UNHCR Tunisia Operational Overview - February 2019

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    UNHCR Tunisia Operational Overview - January 2019

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    UNHCR Tunisia Operational Overview - November 2018

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    Published: 16 November 2018 (2 years ago)
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    UNHCR Tunisia Operational Update - February 2021

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    UNHCR Tunisia Special Update #2 - November 2020

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    UNHCR Tunisia Operational Update - October 2020

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    Published: 31 October 2020 (5 months ago)
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    UNHCR Tunisia Operational Activities (3W)

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    As of March 2018
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    Amélioration de l’accès aux droits pour les réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile en Tunisie et réponse d’urgence au COVID-19

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    Published: 18 November 2020 (4 months ago)
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    Improving access to Refugee Status Determination in Tunisia

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    Formalisation du cadre de protection nationale, migration mixte et accès au travail

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    Autonomisation et employabilité des réfugiés en Tunisie

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    Providing temporary shelter and protection to refugees and asylum seekers in the context of mixed migration movements

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    IOM, UNHCR: Latest Mediterranean tragedy underscores need for search and rescue

    UNHCR.org, 10 Mar 2021

    The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are deeply saddened by the latest loss of life in the Central Mediterranean, after two boats capsized off Tunisia’s shores on Tuesday, 9 March. Read more

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    UNHCR Office in Zarzis calls for vaccinating 700 refugees and asylum seekers against coronavirus

    TAP, 10 Feb 2021

    A request was sent to the health ministry last January to vaccinate 700 refugees and asylum seekers against the coronavirus, Naoufel Tounsi, Officer in Charge of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in Zarzis Naoufel Tounsi said Wednesday. Read more

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    HCR | 6500 réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile en Tunisie et absence d’un cadre législatif garantissant leur protection

    La Presse, 03 Feb 2021

    La responsable au bureau du Haut- commissariat des nations unies aux réfugiés (HCR-Tunisie) Néjia Hafsa a déclaré que « Le nombre des réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile en Tunisie a connu une augmentation soit 6500 personnes jusqu’ au mois de janvier 2021, contre 6200 personnes en 2019, signalant que 19... Read more

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    National organisations publish guide on protection of refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia

    TAP, 03 Feb 2021

    National human rights organisations published a guide to coordinate actions to protect refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia. This guide, which was signed by these organisations at a ceremony held Wednesday at the headquarters of the Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR), serves as a reference doc... Read more

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    La Tunisie abrite le premier forum virtuel sur les villes inclusives

    L'Economiste Maghrebin, 09 Nov 2020

    La Tunisie accueillera le premier forum virtuel sur les villes inclusives en Afrique du Nord, les 10 et 11 novembre, à Tunis. Read more

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    Funding information (2021)
    $9,000,000
    Total appeal
    Date of Funding Data 16 March 2021 (30 days ago)
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    Conseil Tunisien pour les Refugies (CTR)
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    COVID-19 Statistics Tunisia (Official)
    Global Refugee Forum Website
    Tunisian Association for Management and Social Stability (TAMSS)
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