The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has rescued no fewer than 1,000 migrants in northern Niger through search and rescue operations of since April.
The agency said on Tuesday that from July 19 to July 25, it conducted an assessment mission of migratory routes in the Ténéré Desert and the area surrounding Niger’s border with Libya.
The aim of the mission was to improve migrant rescues by understanding better how to assist migrants in distress on that route and to strengthen the Government of Niger’s management migration capacity, it said.
The search and rescue operations are an integral part of the Migrants Rescue and Assistance in Agadez Region (MIRAA) project, it explained.
The project was funded by the Government of the Netherlands, and which is complementary to the larger initiative, Migrant Resource and Response Mechanism (MRRM), developed by…
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