Posts tagged with Agadez

Monday, 11 September 2023
Flight through the desert - documentary on migrants' situation in Niger and Alarme Phone Sahara

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:

 

Friday, 24 March 2023
Migration of young Africans via Agadez
Testimonies by Yahaya Abdou and other young African persons on migration routes via Agadez, Niger.

 

Directed by: Hadi Oumarou and Assoumana Agada

Edditing: Assoumana Agada

 

Monday, 19 September 2022
"It's too hard, we want to go back": Senegalese in Niger denounce the difficult wait for their repatriation

Article on "Info Migrants" on Senegalese Migrant's protest in Agadez on 19th of September against the way the IOM handled their so-called "voluntary return", letting them wait for months under precarious conditions and repeatedly delaying their departure.

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.

 

Sunday, 28 August 2022
Niger: Protests of migrants in IOM camps in Agadez and Arlit

On 27th and 28th of August 2022, protests by migrants of different nationalities, many of them deported from Algeria, took place in the IOM transit camps in Agadez and Arlit (10km from the town of Arlit) in Niger.

Saturday, 27 August 2022
IOM in Niger: Criticism of serious shortcomings in the care of people stranded in Niger

In Agadez and other cities in Niger, thousands of people stranded on migration routes are suffering while major international organisations fail to meet their basic needs.

Tuesday, 22 March 2022
March 2022: Arrival of further deportation convoys. Precarious situation in Assamaka and in the cities of Niger

On 20th and 22nd of March 2022, at least 1693 people were deported from Algeria to Niger. Alarme Phone Sahara teams report precarious situation in Assamaka and in the northern cities of Niger for thousands of deportees who are not or not sufficiently taken care of in IOM camps.

Sunday, 23 January 2022
The Collective Kitchen of Alarme Phone Sahara in Agadez

A video about Alarme Phone Sahara's Collective Kitchen in Agadez, Niger - supported by the Civil Sea Rescue Foundation (Stiftungsfonds Zivile Seenotrettung)

 

Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Genesis of a migratory journey on the roads of the Sahara

The story of 16 young Guinean migrants deported from Algeria to Niger, their return to Guinea and the many problems with the IOM they faced during their difficult journey.

Tuesday, 13 July 2021
The plight of Guinean migrants

There are 16 of them. They are part of the wave of deportees from Algeria at the end of the first half of 2021. After the harshness of the journey and the challenges of Covid 19, the nightmare of migration has been reduced to despair.