Niger plans to take in 4,000 migrants expelled from Algeria

Niger plans to take in 4,000 migrants expelled from Algeria
Source: Human Rights Watch

Niger announced plans on Saturday to take in 4,000 migrants expelled from neighboring Algeria for humanitarian reasons, before sending them back to their home countries. Ibrah Boulama, the governor of Agadez, a northern desert border region, quoted by AFP, said on state television that the repatriation operation would be carried out with the help of the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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