"Line up orderly, those who push will be thrown straight into Gabes Bay!"
On the dock, more than a dozen Tunisian Legion soldiers on horseback shouted loudly in Arabic.
In front of the three gangplanks leading to the transport ships, the doctors of the Gemini Trading Company were examining these former members of the Tunisian Guard, letting those who were physically robust board the ship, while the others were turned away without hesitation.
Those who boarded the ship sighed in relief, knowing they would at least not starve in the future. And according to the official Tunisian promise, as long as they performed well in New Zealand, they could bring a family member there after a year.