Amadou Sissoko is a migrant whose journey so far has ended in a transit center in Agadez in central Niger. It's supposed to be only a three-day journey by pickup from central Niger through the Sahara to Libya. Lost in the desertIOM say they have rescued nearly 20,000 people from the Sahara in Niger in the past three years. But smugglers are now taking more dangerous routes to avoid detection because of changes to Niger's laws, which increases the risks for migrants. As a consequence, he told DW, people smugglers are more likely to attempt the journey at night and "take roundabout routes and back roads."

Source: The North Africa Journal July 05, 2019 07:18 UTC