Niger: Agadez town is meeting point for Europe-bound West African migrants

The town of Agadez in Niger is a maze of sandy streets and mud brick houses on the southern rim of the Sahara. For years it has served as a hub in the networks that smuggle people, guns, drugs and food across the desert.

Thousands pay smugglers to make the dangerous journey across the Sahara to Libya. From there, they take their chances with smugglers across the Mediterranean.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) expects migration through the Agadez region this year to reach 300,…
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