Saturday, 08 March 2025
Assamaka: Testimonies of deportation from Algeria
Testimonies of migrants deported from Algeria to Assamaka, border of Niger.
Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) is a cooperation project between associations, groups and individuals in the Sahel-Saharan region and Europe with the aim to defend the lives and the freedom of movement of migrants and refugees against repressive and often deadly migration policies. The members of the Alarme Phone Sahara network are based in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Morocco, Germany and Austria. Alarme Phone Sahara's office is located in Agadez, Niger, which is a crossroads of migration in the Sahelo-Saharan zone. There is also a network of whistleblowers in the region that works in collaboration with the Agadez office.
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Tuesday, 31 December 2024
2024: More than 30,000 people deported from Algeria to Niger
At least 31404 people plus an unspecified number were deported from Algeria to the Niger border during 2024 according to observations by Alarme Phone Sahara - a number that exceeds all documented figures from previous years.
Saturday, 04 January 2025
613 people deported from Libya to Niger
On the night of 3 to 4 January 2025, 613 Niger nationals, including minors, arrived in the desert town of Dirkou, having been deported from Libya. Most of the people concerned had previously been held in detention centres in Libya.
Tuesday, 17 December 2024
"We don't want to stay here, abandoned in the desert"
A collection of testimonies of the protest of Sudanese refugees in the Agadez camp, in Niger - published by "Refugees in Libya"
Saturday, 08 March 2025
Assamaka: Testimonies of deportation from Algeria
Testimonies of migrants deported from Algeria to Assamaka, border of Niger.
Tuesday, 17 December 2024
"We don't want to stay here, abandoned in the desert"
A collection of testimonies of the protest of Sudanese refugees in the Agadez camp, in Niger - published by "Refugees in Libya"
Monday, 18 September 2023
Joint statement - Arrivals in Lampedusa: Solidarity and resistance in the face of Europe's reception crisis.
Following the arrival of a record number of people on the move in Lampedusa, civil society expresses its deep concern at the security response of European states, the crisis of reception, and reaffirms its solidarity with people on the move arriving in Europe.
Tuesday, 12 September 2023
On the current situation in Niger
Statement by Alarme Phone Sahara on the situation in Niger after 26th of July 2023 military coup. Alarme Phone Sahara demands to stop threats of war and lift sanctions imposed on Niger, to organise humanitarian corridors, evacuations and resettlements for migrants and refugees stranded in Niger and to guarantee humanitarian assistance for those in need.
Saturday, 04 January 2025
613 people deported from Libya to Niger
On the night of 3 to 4 January 2025, 613 Niger nationals, including minors, arrived in the desert town of Dirkou, having been deported from Libya. Most of the people concerned had previously been held in detention centres in Libya.
Saturday, 24 August 2024
Niger: The plight of deportees
Impressions from the Agadez region from May to August 2024
Thursday, 18 July 2024
Start of a new wave of deportations from Libya to Niger - 463 people left in Dirkou following deportation
10,000 people arrested in Libya for deportation, according to local sources
Friday, 26 April 2024
Deportations of migrants from Algeria to Niger: The Algerian ambassador summoned to the Niger Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the many violent deportations of migrants from its territory
Alarme Phone Sahara welcomes the Nigerien government's response to Algeria over the mass pushbacks in the desert towards Niger.
