Abandoned migrants found in Sahara

More than 90 West African migrants on their way to Libya have been rescued after being abandoned in the scorching Sahara Desert in Niger, the International Organisation for Migration said.

Officials in Niger’s Northern Agadez informed the IOM that 25 migrants had been stranded about 31 miles from Dirkou, where the migration organisation has a camp, said IOM’S Niger head of mission Giuseppe Loprete.

“We didn’t find those migrants but we found another group of 18 stranded migrants near a water point. We then found another 74 on our way back, so a total of 92,” said Mr Loprete.