New Spike in Mass Expulsion from Algeria to Niger
Within the past month, Algerian authorities have deported thousands of people to Niger. People, including registered asylum seekers and children, were intercepted in raids across the country and handed over to Nigerien authorities in Agadez, or abandoned in the desert...
Algeria: mass deportations of African migrants
Algeria has been deporting hundreds of African migrants at a time, in an ongoing crackdown on illegal migration. Algeria, along with other North African countries, refused to sign the protocol on the freedom of movement of people and right of residence attached to the...