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18 Jun 34 dead at Algeria-Niger border, only fraction of migrant fatalities in Africa

Posted at 11:56h in Blog, Spotlight by Julie Williams

The remains of 34 migrants were discovered near the Algeria-Niger border, raising the total number of recorded deaths and disappearances in Africa this year to 471, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). [caption id="attachment_5895" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Nigerian returnees from Algeria at an IOM Transit Center...

29 May More than 1,000 Feared Death in Updated Death Toll – IOM

Posted at 11:06h in Blog, Spotlight by Xchange Foundation

At least 1,000 migrants are now believed to have died in a series of shipwrecks that took place off Libya in the last week of May, making it the deadliest week for a year and one of the worst on record. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=7ggx-wtIwoE The tally was revised upward by the International...

18 Jun 34 dead at Algeria-Niger border, only fraction of migrant fatalities in Africa

29 May More than 1,000 Feared Death in Updated Death Toll – IOM

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