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August 9, 2017

Tunisian Fishermen Block Anti-Immigrant European Ship from Docking at Port
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In Tunisia, a group of fishermen have stopped a ship of far-right,
anti-immigrant European activists from docking, in a protest aimed at
preventing the ship from carrying out its goal of blocking boats of
refugees from reaching Europe. The boat, called the C-Star, is manned by
white far-right-wing activists with the French group Generation
Identity. In response to its planned docking to refuel at Tunisia's
Zarzis harbor, workers and fishermen organized protests and vowed to
blockade the refueling channel, forcing the ship to turn away. One port
official told the BBC, "Us let in racists here? Never."


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