- 34 migrants – five men, nine women and 20 children – were found dead in the Niger desert last week. They were most likely abandoned by people smugglers while on their way to neighbouring Algeria, authorities have said.
- “They probably died of thirst, as is often the case, and they were found near Assamaka,” a security source told AFP, referring to a border post between Niger and Algeria.
- So far, only two of the bodies have been identified – a man and a 26-year-old woman, both from Niger.
- In recent years, thousands of illegal migrants have arrived in Algeria, mostly from neighbouring Mali and Niger. Many transit through Algeria, headed for Europe.
(With inputs from PTI)
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