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Flight Through the Desert - Migrants in Niger

August 4, 2023

Niger is a principal transit country for migrants. Now, the journey has become harder. That has less to do with the recent military putsch and more with laws enacted some years ago.

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Niger Flüchtlinge auf ihrem Weg in Richtung Norden
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Niger Flüchtlinge auf ihrem Weg in Richtung Norden
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In the desert of northern Niger, thousands of people are struggling to survive. They’ve been deported from Algeria, some even tortured there. Now, they’re trying to make their way to the larger oasis town of Agadez, which has been turned into a bottleneck on the road to Europe. The situation here has been steadily deteriorating since 2015.

The European Union worked out a deal with Niger’s government that included generous aid funding. In return, migrants were to be prevented from heading north from Agadez.

 

 

Reporter: Niger: Flucht durch die Wüste
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Since then, deportations have been on the increase, while de facto criminalizing the migration itself has only exacerbated security problems for the entire region. Michele Cattani met and talked with migrants on their way through the desert and witnessed the situation in Agadez.

This report was completed before the military coup.

 

 

 

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