Niger
34 migrants in the Sahara dying of thirst
When you attempt a crossing of the Sahara desert, 34 refugees in the African country of Niger were killed. The bodies were found in the town of Assamaka, close to the border with Algeria.
The Ténéré desert in Niger
The 14 adults and 20 children appeared to have been made by the traffickers in a desert region, back left, and there died of thirst, according to the Niger Ministry of interior in the capital, Niamey. Among the 14 adults, five women were. Of the Found could be identified according to the authorities, initially, only two; both were from Nigeria. The refugee drama have already occurred in the past week. President Mahamadou Issoufou said the families his condolences.
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Thousands of refugees in cars each year on the dangerous route through the Sahara. The dead in Niger found people were apparently on their way to Algeria, from where many refugees try to enter then further on to Europe. Especially the city of Agadez in Northern Niger is regarded as an important stepping stone for migrants seeking to translate across the Mediterranean to Europe. The International organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that, in the past year about 120,000 people in Agadez. The IOM has registered in the previous year, 37 migrants who have died in the desert.
The Ministry of the interior of Niger warned escape interested in the statement you most strongly against the risks of crossing the Desert: they were following in the hands of the “criminal networks” on a “dangerous path,” it said.
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