Despite fears in Europe, no migrant surge after Niger junta scrapped ban

Despite fears in Europe, no migrant surge after Niger junta scrapped ban

By Issifou Djibo, Alessandra Prentice and David Lewis AGADEZ, Niger (Reuters) – At the bus station in Agadez, a town in northern Niger that serves as a gateway to the Sahara, a dozen men – their faces masked by turbans and sunglasses – clambered onto the back of a battered pickup truck headed across the desert to Libya. Several men with legs dangling over the side of the vehicle shouted “Italy, Italy!”, gripping short wooden poles that they …

Despite fears in Europe, no migrant surge after Niger junta scrapped ban

AGADEZ, Niger - At the bus station in Agadez, a town in northern Niger that serves as a gateway to the Sahara, a dozen men – their faces masked by turbans and sunglasses – clambered onto the back of a battered pickup truck headed across the desert to Libya. Read more at straitstimes.com.