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Niamey - Niger arrested about 150 people trying to cross its border into Algeria on Friday in a crackdown on networks ferrying migrants across the Sahara
following the death of 92 people in a failed desert crossing last month.
The migrants, including 18 Nigerians, were arrested while travelling in a convoy of five vehicles, rescue worker Almoustapha Alhacena and a security official, who asked not to be identified, said on Saturday.
"The migrants were mostly men with a few children. They were arrested in the desert and are being held in Arlit, the town from where they illegally left for Algeria," the security official said.
SOURCE: news24
Read more at http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Sahara-deaths-Niger-arrests-150-in-crackdown-20131102
following the death of 92 people in a failed desert crossing last month.The migrants, including 18 Nigerians, were arrested while travelling in a convoy of five vehicles, rescue worker Almoustapha Alhacena and a security official, who asked not to be identified, said on Saturday.
"The migrants were mostly men with a few children. They were arrested in the desert and are being held in Arlit, the town from where they illegally left for Algeria," the security official said.
SOURCE: news24
Read more at http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Sahara-deaths-Niger-arrests-150-in-crackdown-20131102
