Posts tagged with Niger

Alarme Phone Sahara struggling to assist people deported from Libya to Niger under ruthless conditions

Stop the violation of the human rights of people on the move – no more deaths!

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.

A collection of testimonies of the protest of Sudanese refugees in the Agadez camp, in Niger - published by "Refugees in Libya"

Having been stranded in squalor for 5 months, without sufficient food and water, they are asking for their return to their families to be facilitated.

Impressions from the Agadez region from May to August 2024

10,000 people arrested in Libya for deportation, according to local sources

Between 9 and 13 May 2024, 5 people died following deportation from Algeria and 3 people, including a 3-year-old little girl, died at the Assamaka hospital ward. Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) condemns the deaths of migrants caused by deportation in violent and inhuman conditions.