The Algerian authorities reportedly expelled 1,141 migrants on Saturday (April 19) to northern Niger. Those expelled included 41 women and 12 children, local NGOs told reporters.
Reports on the Spanish and Portuguese news agencies EFE and LUSA suggest that migrants from 17 different countries, including Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Gambia, Guinea, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, and Bangladesh were expelled from Algeria on Saturday (April 19).
The organization Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) told reporters that there were 41 women and 12 children among the 1,141 migrants expelled. A spokesperson for the NGO said the migrants were taken to the desert and abandoned there at a place known as “Point Zero,” about 15 kilometers from the Nigerien town of Assamaka, in the north of the country.
