The student organization representing Sub-Saharan Africans has denounced the arrest of more than 400 people.

The International Organization for Migration reports that at least 100 students have made emergency repatriations since the unrest began, mostly to neighboring countries such as Mali and Ivory Coast.

"During our exchanges with the Ministry of Higher Education, we made them understand that if you want to keep these students, and if you want to show the African people that Tunisia is a safe country, you must put in place more concrete and more secure policies. Otherwise, we are afraid that in the years to come, there will be almost no more [African, Ed.] students in Tunisia", reassured the foreign student representative. 

Sub-Saharan African students are the largest group of international students in private schools and a significant proportion at public institutions, according to this Ministry of Education representative.

In the last year alone, 9,000 international students have come to Tunisia a fivefold increase since 2011.