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| Niger Rescues 72 Migrants Stranded in Desert |
| 2013-11-05 |
| [An Nahar] The Niger authorities on Monday rescued 72 illegal migrants stranded in the scorching Sahara desert after their truck got a flat tyre. The people who found them were on their way to the burial site for some of the 92 migrants who died of thirst after a similar incident last month. "They were spotted in the middle of the desert by a delegation from Agadez that was on its way to the graves of the migrants who died recently," Azaoua Mamane, from the Niger-based aid group Synergie, told Agence La Belle France Presse. A local security official confirmed the rescue but provided no details. I can say no more! Mamane said the group, mostly women and kiddies under the age of 10, were on their way back from Algeria. |
| Posted by:Fred |