Ku wa kane, abashinzwe umutekano ku nkombe za Tuniziya bakuye imirambo y’abantu icyenda bapfuye nyuma y’ubwato bwabo burohamye ku wa kane, bikaba ari byo byago byibasiye abimukira bagerageza kwambuka inyanja ya Mediterane berekeza mu Burayi.
Umuzamu kandi yakuye abantu 45 mu bwato nyuma yuko butangiye kuzura amazi ku bilometero bine uvuye ku nkombe za Zarzis, aho abantu benshi bahurira hafi y’umupaka wa Tuniziya na Libiya.
Umuvugizi w’abasirikare barinda inkombe, Houssameddine Jbabli, yatangaje ko ubwato bwari butwaye abagenzi batari Abanyatuniziya, bishoboka ko bwahagurutse muri Libiya kandi ko abarokotse bajyanywe mu bitaro byaho muri Tuniziya.
Ibyumweru byinshi mbere yaho, ubwato bunini bufite Abanyatuniziya bagera kuri 54 bashobora kuba bashaka kwimukira mu Burayi bwaburiwe irengero mu nyanja, bituma imyigaragambyo y’abavandimwe bo mu mujyi wa El Hancha. Abavandimwe basabye amakuru ndetse n’igisubizo cya leta ku mubare w’urubyiruko rwo muri Tuniziya rwabuze gushaka kwambuka inyanja ya Mediterane.
Imiryango iharanira uburenganzira bw’abimukira nk’ihuriro rya Tuniziya riharanira uburenganzira bw’ubukungu n’imibereho myiza y’abaturage, rizwi ku ntangiriro yaryo mu gifaransa, FTDES, ryanenze guverinoma bavuga ko batakoze bihagije ngo barokore ubuzima bw’abo mu nyanja.
Uhagarariye FTDES, Romdhane Ben Amor, yavuze ko abayobozi ahubwo bibanze ku kubuza abimukira kugera mu Butaliyani – ikibazo kinini cya geopolitiki gifite umubano w’amabara maremare hagati ya Afurika y’amajyaruguru n’Uburayi.
Umuryango wa Ben Amour watangaje kuri iki cyumweru ko mu mwaka wa 2023, abimukira 1.313 bapfiriye mu nyanja ku nkombe z’inyanja ya Tuniziya, bagaragaza aho iki gihugu kimeze nk’ahantu hambere h’urugendo rw’abimukira bagamije kwambuka inyanja kugira ngo bagere mu Burayi.
Umubare munini w’abimukira binjiye mu Burayi bava muri Tuniziya kurusha Libiya, Maroc cyangwa Turukiya mu 2021. Ukoresheje amakuru yakusanyirijwe mu bigo by’Uburayi, Tuniziya na Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika, FTDES yavuze ko abimukira barenga 80.000 bafatiwe mu nyanja mu 2023 – iyi ikaba ikubye inshuro zirenga ebyiri nk’umwaka ubanza.
Muri iyo mibare harimo umubare w’Abanya-Tuniziya ndetse n’Abanyafurika yo munsi y’ubutayu bwa Sahara, barimo Gineya, Cote D’Ivoire na Sudani.