{"id":1054507,"date":"2021-11-25T10:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054507"},"modified":"2021-11-25T10:13:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:13:40","slug":"tunisian-instagram-influencer-films-herself-aboard-boat-of-illegals-heading-to-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tunisian-instagram-influencer-films-herself-aboard-boat-of-illegals-heading-to-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisian Instagram &#039;Influencer&#039; Films Herself Aboard Boat of Illegals Heading to Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftunisian-instagram-influencer-films-herself-aboard-boat-of-illegals-heading-to-italy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054507&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Instagram-model-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Tunisian Instagram influencer&nbsp;Sabee al Saidi has received criticism after she posted pictures and videos online of her aboard a boat of illegal immigrants heading to Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The Tunisian, who is reported to be 18 years old, has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and posted pictures of herself aboard an illegal migrant boat on November 14th, but the story did not break into the European press until this week when it was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/afrique\/20211122-tunisie-une-instagrameuse-d%C3%A9cha%C3%AEne-la-toile-en-postant-des-photos-de-sa-travers%C3%A9e-pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9e-vers-l-italie\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;by French broadcaster RFI.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWQ6C5TtE85\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.25925925925926\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The teen, wearing makeup and posing like a model in the pictures,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nova.news\/video-dal-barcone-diretto-in-italia-influencer-tunisina-diventa-un-caso\/?fbclid=IwAR0Q9f9_-kBGSDLFNnhTn0HRjauzIvPmkvBQaGTzqtYO7pfV19XQbUbOsOo\">explained<\/a> said she had decided to come to Italy illegally because social conditions in Tunisia had \u201cforced\u201d her to leave and said the actual experience aboard the boat heading to Europe was \u201cterrible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ms al Saidi is said to have recently arrived on the island of Lampedusa illegally by boat and is believed to be currently in coronavirus quarantine on the island of Pelagie, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/cronache\/lassalto-coste-italiane-diventa-vergognoso-show-1991121.html\">report<\/a> from the Italian newspaper <em>Il Giornale<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A video has also emerged of the teen posing aboard the boat, showing several other migrants on board, most of them seemingly young men.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.41717791411\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">Ecco i profughi che scappano dalla fame e dalla guerra (di Tunisia). <br \/>Lei si chiama Sabee al Saidi, blogger tunisina, contenta di dirigersi verso le coste italiane su un barchino da clandestina. La legge italiana? Dettagli. Ditelo a Lamorgese <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nkB7CmeLsv\">pic.twitter.com\/nkB7CmeLsv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Annalisa Chirico (@AnnalisaChirico) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnalisaChirico\/status\/1463085701885579269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several have criticised the Tunisian influencer for presenting the often dangerous illegal crossings from North Africa to Europe as glamourous and like an episode from reality TV, with populist League leader Matteo Salvini comparing the footage to a popular hidden camera practical joke television series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the clandestine crossing, on an irregular boat, the Tunisian influencer publishes Instagram stories and photos \u2014 joyful and smiling. I\u2019ll leave the comments to you,\u201d Salvini <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CWnOCfjK6gg\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">said<\/a> in a post, also on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia has been one of the main North African countries for the departure of migrants heading to Italy, many of which, like Ms&nbsp;al Saidi, initially arrive on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, often leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/08\/27\/900-migrants-occupy-reception-centre-for-just-250-as-italian-island-sees-more-landings\/\">overcrowding of the migrant reception facility<\/a> on the island.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the overcrowding, NGO&nbsp;Doctors Without Borders called for the government to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/02\/ngo-demands-expansion-of-reception-facilities-on-island-inundated-by-migrants\/\"> expand the reception facilities<\/a> to accommodate even more migrants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.5281690140845\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Italy Receives 2,500 African Migrant Sea Arrivals in One Week <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1AalehTDOm\">https:\/\/t.co\/1AalehTDOm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1457778063727493120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tunisian Instagram influencer\u00a0Sabee al Saidi has received criticism after she posted pictures and videos online of her aboard a boat of illegal immigrants heading to Italy. 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