Friday, 05 May 2023
Alarme Phone Sahara report on situation at Assamaka, May 2023
Humanitarian crisis persists in Assamaka despite aid initiatives. Deported migrants make an urgent appeal to their heads of state and the African Union.
Posts tagged with Niger
Monday, 24 April 2023
Brot für die Welt - 6th Atlas on civil society 2023
Presentation of the 6th Atlas on civil society 2023 by Brot für die Welt
Focus on migrant defenders
Friday, 17 March 2023
Testimonies of two Guinean migrants deported from Algeria, Assamaka 17 March 2023
The two persons were interviewed by the Alarme Phone Sahara team.
Saturday, 01 April 2023
Assamaka, Niger-Algeria border: More than 10,000 people deported in 3 months amidst a humanitarian crisis
With unprecedented frequency, people of various origins are being deported from Algeria to Niger. In the 3 months from the beginning of 2023 to the 1st of April, at least 11336 people were concerned according to the observations of the Alarme Phone Sahara team.
Urgent appeal by Alarme Phone Sahara on humanitarian crisis in Assamaka on the Niger-Algeria border, published on 15th of March 2023
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Assamaka: More than 1,000 deportees outside without shelter - inaccessibility to IOM services
10, 12 and 14 February 2023: Arrival of at least 2298 people deported from Algeria to Niger in Assamaka.
Sunday, 04 December 2022
Niger end 2022: Humanitarian emergency in the face of mass deportations and inaccessibility to IOM services
Deportations from Algeria to Niger continue on a large scale, with 5181 people deported between 29th of October and 04th of December 2022 according to Alarme Phone Sahara's observations. At the same time, Alarme Phone Sahara observes that thousands of migrants in Niger, including newly arrived deportees, no longer have access to the services of the International Organization for Migration (IO
Friday, 21 October 2022
October 2022: Deportations from Algeria to Niger continue - assistance to deportees by Alarme Phone Sahara's tricycle
Between 8th and 21st of October 2022, at least 1964 people from various countries were deported from Algeria to Niger. The number of people deported since the beginning of 2022 is now at least 19069.
The Alarme Phone Sahara team from Assamaka went to "Point Zero" with their tricycle to assist the deportees, especially the sick, injured and weakened, to get to the village of Assamaka.
Monday, 19 September 2022
More mass deportations from Algeria to Niger in August and September 2022
During the months of August and September 2022, at least 4747 people were deported from Algeria to Niger, according to Alarme Phone Sahara's whistleblowers in Assamaka, the Algerian-Nigerian border. The number of people deported since the beginning of 2022 is now at least 17105.
Thursday, 22 September 2022
Niger: Senegalese migrants take to the streets to march from Agadez to Niamey and demand their return to Senegal
On Monday 19th of September 2022, a group of more than 100 Senegalese migrants registered at the IOM transit camp in Agadez started to march from Agadez to Niamey on the Agadez-Tahoua road. They were protesting against IOM's management of their situation and demanding their return to Senegal after months of waiting and being blocked.