Few weeks after Amnesty International rebuked Algeria for failing short to uphold its obligation in protecting sub-Saharan refugees and asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch (HRW) lambasted Algiers for the degrading treatment it reserves to Sub-Saharans. Under the title,” New Wave of Deportations,” HRW said on its website that Algerian authorities have rounded up hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans since January 2018, including women and children, expelling many of them to Niger. Citing testimonies from victims, HRW drew the bleak situation suffered by migrants in Algeria. Victims told HRW of the abhorrent conditions in which they were held in Tamanrasset before being abandoned in the desert. “They described the conditions in the camp in Tamanrasset as inhumane, dirty, and overcrowded, with detainees going an entire day without food,” HRW said, citing cases of violence by Algerian security forces.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 28, 2018 15:45 UTC