Policy Brief
Arbia
Cheref
Shame of Return: Mitigating the Emotional Toll of Tunisian Irregular Migrants Returning from the EU to their Homeland
They left in search of dignity. They returned with invisible wounds.
This policy paper sheds light on the emotional toll carried by Tunisian migrants returning from Europe often perceived as failures, shamed, and forgotten. As deportation numbers rise, this brief calls for urgent psychosocial and legal reforms. Because return shouldn't mean rejection.