immigration

The story of the young man, Fakher Al-Hamidi, is a duplicate of what many Tunisian young men are experiencing. They resorted to irregular migration towards the Italian island of Lampedusa, hoping to reach Europe and find a better life. They took the sea to embark on a risky adventure, on the “voyage of death.” One night, Fakher left one of the beaches in the Tunisian city of Sfax, and not hours passed until his father received a call on a phone with an Italian number. The speaker’s message to his father, Mukhtar, was quick: “Pray for me, father, and forgive me, as the boat is sinking and we will die.” The tragedy occurred on October 7, and it left his mother, Zakia in particular, distressed, and the family in general. The family's loss of its son, and the overwhelming desire of many Tunisian youth to repeat the same bitter experience, reflects the state of frustration with Tunisia's difficult economic situation in which they live, which prompted voters to reject the Tunisian political elite, during their vote in the last elections (October 6), as not a single party won even a quarter of the seats in Parliament, and in return many independents were elected. As for the presidential elections (October 13), Kais Saied was elected President of the Republic, and he is from outside the system. Like most Tunisians, the Al-Hamidi family pinned hopes on an improvement in the economic situation in the country in the wake of the 2011 revolution, but the situation worsened, and any improvement from now on will come too late for the Al-Hamidi family, which after two weeks has been waiting for confirmation of the news they were not hoping for: that their son drowned. For more on Euronews: From academic life to the corridors and mazes of politics.. Who is Kais Saied, the elected president of Tunisia? Tunisia: A limited victory for Ennahda despite topping the results of the legislative elections, and a game of alliances is approaching