Activities of APS

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!

Alarme Phone Sahara, together with Refugees in Libya, Refugees in Tunisia, Watch the Med - Alarmphone, ASGI and other international organisations, has launched an open letter to the UNHCR to adress the situation in UNHCR refugee camp in Agadez and amplify the voices of refugees inside the camp protesting against unbearable living conditions.

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.

Impressions from the Agadez region from May to August 2024

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

Alarme Phone Sahara welcomes the Nigerien government's response to Algeria over the mass pushbacks in the desert towards Niger.

From 15 to 22 December 2023, an Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) mission was held in Assamaka, the village on the Niger-Algeria border where most of the transit traffic between Algeria and Niger takes place, but where the deportation convoys with thousands of people deported from Algeria to Niger also arrive. In 2023, at least 2,631 people were deported from Algeria to Niger via Assamaka - the highest figure in recent years.

A short documentary by "Deutsche Welle" showing glimpses on situations of migrants and refugees in Agadez and Assamaka in Niger, deportations from Algeria and practical solidarity work by Alarme Phone Sahara:

At a time when thousands of migrants and refugees are trapped in a country troubled by sanctions and threats of war, Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) continues its practical solidarity.