The Reversal of Niger's Action on Migrants

On 26 May 2015, Niger adopted the law 2015-36 criminalizing African migration on the Agadez road. A kind of security approach initiated with the help of the European Union in order to curb irregular migration to Europe. What the military junta that since 2023 runs the country ended From 2016 to 25 November 2023, Niger reportedly blocked some 95,200 migrants, especially in Assamaka, a small desert town, in the Agadez region, near the Algerian bor…