While the Tunisian president has thus far refused to serve as Europe's "border guard", the economic and political crisis he created may push him to agree to crack down on migration in exchange for a bailout, writes Abdelkader Cheref.
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As Tunisian president Kais Saied continues in the repressive footsteps of his predecessor, reversing the gains of the 2011 revolution, Abdelkader Cheref argues that this is also beneficial to the neighbouring Algerian regime.
From the dissolution of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LADDH), to the targeting of dissenting voices and journalists, Tebboune’s regime is undermining the rights and liberties of Algerians everywhere, writes Abdelkader Cheref.