Migrants in Niger | DW Documentary

Niger is a principal transit country for migrants. Now, the journey has become harder. That has less to do with the recent military putsch and more with laws enacted some years ago. A report completed before the military coup.

In the desert of northern Niger, thousands of people are struggling to survive. They’ve been deported from Algeria, some even tortured there. Now, they’re trying to make their way to the larger oasis town of Agadez, which has been turned into a bottleneck on the road to Europe. The situation here has been steadily deteriorating since 2015. The European Union worked out a deal with Niger’s government that included generous aid funding. In return, migrants were to be prevented from heading north from Agadez. Since then, deportations have been on the increase, while de facto criminalizing the migration itself has only exacerbated security problems for the entire region. Michele Cattani met and talked with migrants on their way through the desert and witnessed the situation in Agadez. A Report by Michele Cattani

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[Limewire]

Videos like this remind me that no matter how crappy my day is going, someone out there has it worse.

[RK-yump]

Stay and fight to make your country better.

[TomyD]

Same story, hate for Europe and western countries but love to emigrate there and not in Russia or China on which they show support.

[MVUK]

Right ... They are breaking laws while travelling to other countries without permission, but then complain that authorities treat them badly when they are caught breaking the law.

[Frezzed]

11:40 That is an interesting take on migration. But why did the house catch on fire in the first place?

[southernladybrown]

Northern Countries Don't want them!!, 🙏🏿🙏🏿That their body, mind and spirit lead them back Home to cleanup their country issues!!!

[samshepperrd]

11:10 Bird migration is voluntarily temporay/seasonal and round-trip. Human migration tends to be one-way and permanent.

[gannaglobina]

They are all grown up men! Why on earth they do not stay in their country and fight!?

[workingtoseethelight]

I feel so lucky to have grown up next to a black family because they were extremely kind and wonderful cooks. Also, I learned very early in my life to stand against racism. I pray the situation Niger changes and people will be free to eat and generally be free!

[jaklinhyde]

There are A LOT of adult male migrant/asylum seekers moving around in the world, are they just leaving the females and children behind to fend for themselves??

[flifluflofli]

Nigeria is one of most wealthy country from it .. underground... the Nigeria has been maintain down by other countries... well done

[jet]

shout out to the algerian Gendarmerie for doing their job, and protecting their country 😊

[Ercan-cywe]

It makes me angry how they are lying to cover up economic Migrant smuggling.

[crappyfishing]

Refreshing to hear more on the ultimate resource which are the people and the reality they face on the ground.

[YouYou-smtf]

As long as other countries let them migrate, they will.
Let them see JAPAN. Which is a small land bombed by USA. Japanese didn’t flee, THEY BUILD THEIR OWN LAND.
Africa is big enough to produce enough for all its population. It’s up to africans people to fight for change.
But REDUCE YOUR BIRTHRATE. Poverty start with having kidsyou can’t afford knowing there is no welfare.

[RachmaHidayati-sl]

*Niger, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gabon, Mali, Myanmar. under Military government.*
need election new President.

[amadeuz]

Maybe they should do some information gathering before they leave. Like sitting there and then asking for help is like me jumping into a well... Yes you should always help a person in need but remember to remind em of their stpdty also. It was like the American moving here and complaining on how difficult it was, then another american told him "maybe you should have done some research first because he had everything rdy when he got here". Not the same but as an example that people from america also just assumes without doing some research.

[samshepperrd]

6:35. A few more entrepreneurs like that and that refugee camp will be a thriving suburb - a destination for other refugees.

[denkendannhandeln]

Niger has a birth rate of almost 7 children per woman. This explosion is in no way manageable, by no system, by no government, by no nation. Think just about the problem of educating the children. If you want to have a class size of 28 children, that would mean that 25% of the adults would have to work as teachers. While in Europe with 1, 5 children they need only 4% of the adults to work as teachers. The result? The average school education an all overall level of knowledge is miserable. Africa creates Generation after Generation millions and millions of useless youth. This is also the reason why 50% of all African immigrants have no job in Europe, even after 10 years. The economy today so highly complicated and technically developed as it was never before. There is simply no use for uneducated people, nowhere on this planet. Unskilled labor is done by machines and robots.
Africa must solve this problem alone, nobody can, will or should solve it for them.

[RuaTheHua]

Africans go to Europe then complain about racism smh stay home