Hundreds of migrants stranded on Senegal-Mauritania border

Since the start of Mauritania’s migrant deportation campaign, hundreds of migrants now find themselves stranded in Rosso, a cross-border town between Mauritania and Senegal, according to aid agency reports. Mauritania has been conducting a campaign of deporting irregular migrants, particularly from Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Gambia. According to one aid worker, who spoke to InfoMigrants, “buses of at least 60, even 70 people, regularly arrive in Rosso," He went on to say: "we've opened two shelters in the last two months in two houses we renovated – which don't have running water or electricity – because people arrive and stay. They wander around the city," he said. "We're trying to find a representative for each nationality to organize things, but almost every day, we get calls reporting a new group (arriving)," he added.