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| Tunisia pays price for Libya unrest |
| 2014-08-11 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] With the continued influx of refugees from Libya, Tunisia fears its already battered economy will not be able to withstand the extra burden. The flood of Libyan refugees could lead to a 10% increase in the subsidy bill, Tunisian government spokesperson Nidhal Ouerfelli warned on Saturday (August 2nd), adding that the current economy could not cope with the additional expense. To escape the security chaos, tens of thousands of Libyan nationals and the country's foreign workers have recently fled across the border to Tunisia. This is on top of the estimated two million Libyans living in Tunisia since 2011. |
| Posted by:Fred |