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most of the departures are right now from tunisia rather than libya. however, most of the people on those boats are sub—saharan african citizens, most of them coming through libya. so this may be an effect of the policies enacted the european union that allow the interception of people by the coast guard to return them to libya, and there may be a shift of the route from the people who then try to cross from libya to tunisia by land and then try to leave by sea from tunisia. there is also another relevant element which is that the position taken by the tunisian government, by president kais saied, on 21 february has literally talked about an attempt of ethnic substitution by the sub—saharan migrants in tunisia, and since then there has been literally a hunt against sub—saharan african migrants in the country,
however, most of the people on those boats are sub—saharan african citizens. most of them coming from libya. so this may be an effect of the policies enacted by the european union that allow the interception of the people by the coast guard to return them to libya, and there may be a shift of the route from the people who then tried to cross from libya to tunisia by land and then try to leave by sea from tunisia. there is also another relevant element which is that the position taken by the tunisian government on 21 february has literally talked about an attempt of ethnic substitution by the sub—saharan migrants in tunisia, and since then there has been literally a hunt against sub—saharan african migrants in the country, and this may also be the basis
mediterranean route. most of the departures are right now from tunisia rather than libya. however, most of the people on those boats are sub—saharan african citizens. most of them coming from libya. so this may be an effect of the policies enacted the european union that allow the interception of the people by the coast guard to return them to libya, and there may be a shift of the route from the people who then tried to cross from libya to tunisia by land and then try to leave by sea from tunisia. there is also another relevant element which is that the position taken by the tunisian government on 21 february has literally talked about an attempt of ethnic substitution by the sub—saharan migrants in tunisia, and since then there has been literally a hunt against sub—saharan african migrants in the country, and this may also be the basis
the interception of the people by the coastguard to return them to libya, and there may be a shift of the route from the people who then tried to cross from libya to tunisia by land and then try to leave by sea from tanisha. there is also another relevant element which is that the position taken by the technician government on the 21st of february has literally talked about an attempt of ethnic substitution by the sub—saharan migrants in tunisia, and since then there has been literally a hunt against sub—saharan african migrants in the country, and this may also be the basis of departures from the country. when your rescue vessels encounter these people in the oceansa, what are they telling you and how are the authorities dealing with this? well when we encounter these people, we normally operate in the central mediterranean
a bit maybe you saw the united nations they are totally aware of the problem they also do these evacuations from libya to tunisia where they said several times that one should dismantle these detention centers that no myron no refugee should be held in a prison. they also present that's why these of equations are possible but in some they're not so the refugees and migrants are all on their own and. the reason for that they say is that they don't get access by the government to these detention centers i talk to humanitarian work and he's working for doctors without borders he said well we had no problem answering there we were there on our own team of 5 trying to take care of 600 refugees in these deplorable conditions you know so are the people smugglers or the human traffickers the villains in this whole piece it depends i spoke to refugees so sad you know there are my friends helping me to get
>> reporter: but it is not simple. a rival libyan army from the west of the country started to fight islamic state. you may have thought the two forces east and west would unite against the jihadists but far from it. they are bitter enemies. the attack should give impetus to peak talks, but will it? >> we have to give serious thought to this information. it might be true that these terrorists have been trained and were coming from libya to tunisia. so these talks, this is another important reason to convey a message to the participants in these talks that libya and the terrorism in libya is becoming a problem for the libyans and is becoming a problem for the region. >> reporter: the islamic state threatened suicided bombs in
it's not over. not all of the enemies are islamic state but the ideology is spreading. there are libyans with this extreme mentality. they have the same belief so we call them islamic states. the heads, i don't want to call them commanders, they fought in afghanistan, iraq syria. they are well organized in leading this war. they have many members from the younger generation. >> the army leader wants europe and america to give him weapons. the attack by the islamic state in tunisia may strengthen his case. >> translator: i believe they will spread in europe too if these countries don't give real genuine aid to the people and especially the libyan army. what we need, we need weapons and ammunition only. the men are available. the army is growing every day and increasing in number.
as president. he controlled the south and the -- control the north. >> very, very complicated picture out of yemen. thank you very much. time is five minutes past 11:00 in the morning. thank you very much hakeem. turn our attention to tunisia where authorities released footage of gunmen in the museum during the deadly attack. you can see two men running in to someone coming down a staircase. the person rushes past the government who continue on their way. minutes later they kill 23 people mostly foreigners. reuters are reporting authority arrested 20 militants inside since the attack. ten are believed to be directly involved. as we told you, isis has claimed responsibility for that attack
militias. this has -- it created that fertile ground. it was ideal for various jihadist groups that we've seen over the past few years -- we've reported on this since 2012. they have etup bases in libya, training camps from different countries, including tunisia would come into libya and get their training and go to syria after that. and, of course we have seen the conflict the situation in libya, this instability spreading and spilling over across the borders. even back in 2013 january, the attack on an algerian oil facility across the border. training in libya, crossing the border and then back to libya. we're seeing it taking place in tunisia. underscoring what we have been hearing from neighboring countries. whether it's tunisia, egypt, algeria and others a real concern about the jihadist threat coming from libya.
information. it might be perfectly true that this terrorists have been trained and were coming from libya to tunisia. so these talks -- this is another important reason to convey a message to the participants in this talks. that libya and the terrorism in libya is becoming a problem for the libyans and is becoming a problem for the region. >> reporter: the islamic state posted this video threatening suicide bombs in tripoli. and libya with its endless supply of weapons is the ideal environment for them. in benghazi volunteers are picking up the litter that might not sound like a big deal but it is. before last october, jihadi groups held sway here. nearly 800 people were murdered. the new eastern army and police have brought a modecome of order. a lawyer who was in the front