Protesters gathered on Saturday outside the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) headquarters in the Lac district of Tunis, calling for the deportation of undocumented sub-Saharan African migrants and demanding the agency leave the country. The demonstration, held under heavy security, reflects deep tensions over migration in Tunisia — a key transit country for people attempting to reach Europe — that have intensified since President Kais Saied's 2023 remarks describing sub-Saharan migrants as a demographic threat. Those comments sparked a wave of racially motivated attacks, mass evictions, and expulsions to desert border zones with Algeria and Libya, where at least a hundred people died.