Niger: IOM calls for humanitarian corridor to help stranded migrants

Regional Director Christopher Gascon told reporters in Geneva that 4,800 migrants were hosted by at seven transit centres in the country, awaiting voluntary return. They were primarily from western Africa: Mali, Guinea, Senegal and Nigeria, he said. 

Charter flights

Mr. Gascon said airport access was crucial to “organise charter flights in order to return people home”.

He stressed that IOM’s transit centres were currently 40 per…