10, 12 and 14 February 2023: Arrival of at least 2298 people deported from Algeria to Niger in Assamaka.

Three deportation convoys from Algeria arrived in Assamaka, on the Algerian-Nigerian border on 10, 12 and 14 February 2023, according to observations by Alarme Phone Sahara whistleblowers. At the same time, in the border village, a humanitarian crisis is worsening in the face of continued mass deportations, compounded by the fact that IOM services have not been welcoming new arrivals for months, according to local reports. Alarme Phone Sahara's whistleblowers in Assamaka report that before the arrival of the last deportation convoys, there were already more than 1,000 people out there without shelter, blankets or mats, exposed to all sorts of dangers, lack of food and lack of water.

Alarme Phone Sahara warns urgently of the serious consequences for thousands of migrants in Niger, who risk to be in acute distress if they remain excluded from IOM services!

Alarme Phone Sahara strongly condemns the continuation of mass deportations from Algeria to Niger and calls for their immediate stop!

Arrival of deportees in Assamaka, 3rd of November 2022

Mass deportations from Algeria continue in 2023

According to figures documented by Alarme Phone Sahara whistleblowers in Assamaka, at least 24250 people were deported from Algeria to Niger in official and unofficial convoys during 2022.

Since the beginning of 2023, 4,395 people have already been deported from Algeria to Niger. And there is no end in sight to this practice of inhumane and violent mass deportations.

The figures of the deportation convoys from Algeria to Niger from 19 December 2022 to 12 February 2023:

19 December 2022: 551 deportees in an unofficial deportation convoy, among them 11 women, 12 underage girls, 16 underage boys, and 512 men, were dropped off at "Point Zero" to walk to Assamaka.

The largest groups of deportees were again 145 Guineans and 218 Malians. Among them were as well 25 nationals from Sudan, 14 from Benin, 5 from Burkina Faso, 13 from Cameroon, 27 from Ivory Coast, 29 from Senegal, 16 from Nigeria, 2 from Chad, 41 from Gambia, 3 from Sierra Leone, 11 from Ghana, one person from Togo and one from Guinea Bissau.

21 December 2022: Arrival of an official deportation convoy with 527 people, including 64 women, 50 minor girls, 20 minor boys and 393 men. Among the deportees were 512 Nigerien citizens and 15 nationals of other countries: 10 from Mali, 4 from Nigeria and one person from Sudan.

Two seriously injured people were evacuated to the CSI health centre in Assamaka by Alarme Phone Sahara whistleblowers. 

11 January 2023: 520 deportees in an unofficial deportation convoy, among them 34 women, 4 underage girls, 22 underage boys, and 460 men, were dropped off at "Point Zero" to walk to Assamaka.

The largest groups of deportees were again 169 Guineans and 152 Malians.

Among them were as well 6 nationals from Sudan, 6 from Benin, 35 from Burkina Faso, 11 from Cameroon, 30 from Ivory Coast, 14 from Senegal, 4 from Nigeria, 5 from Chad, 18 from Gambia, 7 from Sierra Leone, 2 from Ghana, 32 from Niger, 3 from Congo, 5 from Liberia and also 7 from Pakistan, 11 from Sirilanka and 3 from Yemen.    

13 January 2023: Arrival of an official deportation convoy with 799 people, including 20 women, 54 minor girls, 41 minor boys and 684 men. Among the deportees were 784 Nigerien citizens and 15 nationals of other countries: 5 from Mali, 2 from Sudan, 3 from Chad, 2 from Burkina Faso, one person from Guinea Bissau, one from Ghana and one from Nigeria.

27 January 2023: 778 deportees in an unofficial deportation convoy, among them 18 women, 3 underage girls, 45 underage boys and 712 men, were dropped off at "Point Zero" to walk to Assamaka.

The largest groups of deportees were again 308 Guineans and 255 Malians.

Among them were as well 4 nationals from Sudan, 4 from Benin, 46 from Burkina Faso, 19 from Cameroon, 47 from Ivory Coast, 16 from Senegal, 28 from Nigeria, 4 from Chad, 31 from Gambia, 8 from Sierra Leone, 9 from Niger, 2 from Liberia and 4 people from Togo.

10 February 2023: Arrival of an official deportation convoy with 740 people, including 2 women, 3 minor girls, 2 minor boys and 733 men. Among the deportees were 736 Nigerien citizens and 4 nationals of other countries: one person from Cameroon, one from Guinea Connakry, one from Sudan and one from Nigeria.

12 February 2023: 899 deportees in an unofficial deportation convoy, among them 12 women, 4 underage girls, 4 underage boys and 879 men, were dropped off at "Point Zero" to walk to Assamaka.

The largest groups of deportees were again 365 Guineans and 301 Malians.        

Among them were as well 34 nationals from Benin, 3 from Burkina Faso, 12 from Cameroon, 51 from Ivory Coast, 41 from Senegal, 16 from Nigeria, 30 from Gambia, 24 from Sierra Leone, 7 from Liberia, 7 from Togo, 3 from Guinea Bissau, one person from Ghana, one from Equatorial Guinea, one from Niger and also one from Costa Rica

14 February 2023: Arrival of an official deportation convoy with 659 people, including 82 women, 69 minor girls, 27 minor boys and 481 men. Among the deportees were 613 Nigerien citizens and 46 nationals of other countries: 16 from Chad, 14 from Sudan, 3 from Mali, one from Benin, one from Burkina Faso, one from Côt d'Ivoire, one from Guinea Conakry and one from Sierra Leone.

As usual, the vast majority of those deported from Algeria were nationals of various countries in sub-Saharan Africa, but it was also noted that sometimes there were also people from completely different parts of the world, from Asia or even the Americas.