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.
Alarme Phone Sahara, together with Refugees in Libya, Refugees in Tunisia, Watch the Med - Alarmphone, ASGI and other international organisations, has launched an open letter to the UNHCR to adress the situation in UNHCR refugee camp in Agadez and amplify the voices of refugees inside the camp protesting against unbearable living conditions.
Testimonies of migrants deported from Algeria to Assamaka, border of 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.
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.
Testimonies of migrants deported from Algeria to Assamaka, border of Niger.
A collection of testimonies of the protest of Sudanese refugees in the Agadez camp, in Niger - published by "Refugees in Libya"
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.
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.
Alarme Phone Sahara, together with Refugees in Libya, Refugees in Tunisia, Watch the Med - Alarmphone, ASGI and other international organisations, has launched an open letter to the UNHCR to adress the situation in UNHCR refugee camp in Agadez and amplify the voices of refugees inside the camp protesting against unbearable living conditions.
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.
Impressions from the Agadez region from May to August 2024
10,000 people arrested in Libya for deportation, according to local sources
