"We have nothing to do at the moment. We've got no choice. We don't even have anywhere to go," says Guinean migrant Amadou Sadio after Tunisian security forces cleared his tent. For nearly two years, olive groves around El Amra, a town south of Tunis, served as informal camps for thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. This week, authorities launched a sweeping operation to clear out the makeshift shelters located a few kilometres from Tunisia's Mediterranean coast.
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00:30by the regional authorities.
00:35When the land was destroyed,
00:38the harvest was taken advantage of and sold,
00:43the trees were cut down,
00:46the coal was converted and sold,
00:49as I told you, the damage was huge.
00:53And my thinking didn't stop.
00:55I didn't stop thinking about the harvest.
00:58I didn't know how to save the land I inherited from my father.
01:18We have nothing to do now.
01:21We have no choice, we don't even know where to go.
01:25Even if you want to go back to your country,
01:29to the OIM office,
01:31they will find you in front of the door.
01:33They will take you to prison or to the desert.
01:52When we are in town, we have a problem.
01:54Now, in Tunisia, where do you want us to go?
01:57The only solution for us,
01:59is to let us pass so that we can leave.
02:02We are here for a purpose.
02:04Our purpose is to leave for Italy.
02:06Leave us the road so that we can leave.
02:08If you give us the road, give us 24 hours.
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