The association Afrique Intelligence and the Municipality of Sfax, on Wednesday, officially launched the project “Sharing of Migrants’ Realities” (French: PRM) which consists of a communication campaign aiming at “balancing the narratives and promoting communication on migration in order to deconstruct prejudices around the presence of migrants in the host community”.

Implemented in partnership with the association 3Terre d’Asile Tunisie» and the «Association des Etudiants et Stagiaires Africains en Tunisie (AESAT),» the PRM is part of the “MC2CM – Migration ville à ville en Méditerranée” project.

This project is funded by the European Union and the Swiss Cooperation and supported by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UN Habitat.

The project “Sharing Migrants’ Realities” aims to give, during its 4-month implementation period, “a better orientation of the view on migrant communities by enhancing their socio-economic contribution and the advantages linked to their presence in the host community”, said expert coordinator of the project and executive director of the association Afrique Intelligence Franck Yotedje.

He added: “the objective is to balance the narratives and promote communication on migration in order to deconstruct the prejudices surrounding the presence of migrants in the city of Sfax.

Among the actions planned in the project are meetings with representatives of the press and awareness-raising actions for the benefit of civil society actors and the training of municipal agents, Frank Yotedje further said.

Source: Tap News Agency