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Manif soudanais Agadez
Friday, 19 July 2019
Agadez: Sudanese minors returned to camp, waiting for solutions from UNHCR

#DesertMarchAgadez
#MarcheDesertAgadez

According to Alarme Phone Sahara team in Agadez, the minor refugees who had made a demonstration through the main roads of Agadez before setting off for the desert finally returned to the UNHCR camp, waiting for solutions.

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Thursday, 18 July 2019
Minor refugees march into the desert in protest

#DesertMarchAgadez
#MarcheDesertAgadez       

Sudanese minors who had been at the UNHCR refugee camp in Agadez/Niger have left the refugee camp on 18th of July to march through the desert towards Libya in protest against their situation.

Friday, 10 May 2019
Arrival of 370 persons refouled from Algeria at Assamakka, border of Niger

The refoulements from Algeria to Niger continue on a large scale.

Friday, 10 May 2019
Assamakka, border Algeria-Niger: At least 1316 people refouled since 1st of May 2019 - alarming situation of mentally ill people

According to the whistle blower of Alarme Phone Sahara, at least 1316 people have been refouled from Algeria to Niger in the zone of the Assamakka border checkpoint since 1st of May 2019, often under conditions of life-threatening human rights violations.  

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Friday, 03 May 2019
03rd of May 2019: Helping in rescue of migrants from Niger Republic at Kaouar valley in the Tenéré desert

Images of rescue of 28 migrants between Achinouma and Latai in the Tenéré desert.

Thursday, 02 May 2019
Night from 1st to 2nd of May 2019: Wave of pushbacks from Algeria to Niger

Migrants and refugees lost between Point Zero and Assamakka after pushback from Algeria. Alarme Phone Sahara condemns practices putting peoples' lives at stake.

Tuesday, 05 February 2019
Death in the cold at the Moroccan-Algerian border!

At least 8 migrants died in the border region between Algeria and Morocco between December 2018 and 5th of February 2019.

Thursday, 14 March 2019
Rescue of people in distress in the Ténéré desert

                             

Thursday, 14th of March 2019, the team of Alarme Phone Sahara whistle blowers from Bilma participated in the rescue of a group of 25 persons who had been in distress in the desert for several days due to a breakdown of their vehicule. The people concerned were citizens of Niger on their way for seasonal migration to Libya.

Thursday, 07 March 2019
Demonstration in Niamey

According to reports from Niger from 5th of March, Somalian, Ethipian and Eritrean refugees, who were pushed back or evacuated from Libya, held a demonstration in Niamey, the capital of Niger Republic. According to the reports, these people had applied for asylum, but see themselves in a situation where they are blocked in Niger, and protested against the way their cases are treated by the UNHCR and the state of Niger, calling for a solution. According to the reports, the police of Niger dispersed the protest using tear gas.

Thursday, 07 March 2019
Migrants and refugees pushed back from Algeria to the desert

Migrants band refugees pushed back from Algeria to the desert in the border region between Algeria and Niger republic, near the border town of Assamakah.