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Africa Subsaharan |
Two migrants die, 80 saved in Sahara ordeal |
2018-05-31 |
[AlAhram] Two African "Last Saturday, 80 "Sadly, two others died from extreme dehydration." The They were stranded for three days before help arrived. The agency says it has helped to save more than 3,000 people this year through search-and-rescue teams, run with Nigerien NGOs, which comb the desert for stranded On May 22, the OIM, a UN-related organization, said 386 Niger has become one of the main routes for poor The Saharan route is notorious for its dangers, which include breakdowns, lack of water and callous traffickers who abandon In 2015, Niger introduced a law making people-smuggling punishable by a jail term of up to 30 years. The armed forces, for their part, have also stepped up patrols in the desert. However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... these measures seem to have had little effect on the trafficking, and may have prompted smugglers to use more dangerous off-road tracks to avoid interception. |
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