Niger: MSF denounces appalling conditions for migrants abandoned in Assamaka
Thousands of migrants deported from Algeria and abandoned in the desert in Niger require immediate protection.
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Thousands of migrants deported from Algeria and abandoned in the desert in Niger require immediate protection.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has strongly criticized the treatment of refugees and migrants in the border region of Niger, Algeria and Libya. With thousands of migrants being forcefully deported to Niger's Sahel region each year, the aid organization blamed the EU for its policy of strengthening border controls in African nations...
From January to May 2022, 14,196 migrant people were expelled from Algeria, and abandoned in the middle of the desert at the Algerian-Nigerian border, in the so-called “Zero Point” area 15 km from the town of Assamaka, according to MSF. Among the 2,000 people deported each month from Algeria and…
Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday denounced the 'inhumane treatment' of West African migrants turned back from Algeria and Libya to neighbouring Niger as they try to reach Europe.
From January to May 2022 alone, 14,196 migrants have been expelled from Algeria to Niger, including 6,749 non-Nigeriens. They were mostly men, but also included 139 women and 30 children.