2023-08-16 19:21:00
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DECRYPTION. What impact will the Niger crisis have on migrants? Answers with Azizou Chehou, coordinator of the Alarme Phone Sahara association.
Interview by Marlène Panara The situation of uncertainty that hangs over Niger has repercussions on the fate of migrants caught in a vice by several contradictory dynamics. © STANISLAS POYET / AFP Published on 08/16/2023 at 7:21 p.m.
At the heart of the crisis in Niger, it will not be possible to evade the migration issue. The explanation is simple: for several years now, Niger has been a key stopover for sub-Saharan exiles on the migratory route that leads them to Europe. On its paths are found migrants expelled from Algeria, but also candidates for exile leaving for Libya. Thus, in the north of Niger, thousands of people are regularly abandoned by the Algerian authorities after their expulsion. military hand of the country, without water or food. They are deposited at a place called Point-Zero which marks the border between Algeria and Niger. The migrants thus cover the 15 kilometers on foot which separate them from the first village in Niger, Assamaka. There they are welcome…
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