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Niger. The Sahara Desert route.

August 13, 2020

Pascal Maitre/Panos Pictures

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Vehicles packed with migrants from all across West Africa set off to cross the Tenere, a region of the Sahara Desert.
Migrants on a truck going across the desert.
A group of West African migrants in the back of a vehicle as it crosses the Tenere.
In the migrant's 'ghetto', in Agadez.
A group of migrants burning tyres to attract attention.
A truck loaded with clothes, plastic furniture and electrical appliances arrives at the Agadez customs.
A trader carries a rack of sunglasses past a herd of goats and camels standing in an open air market in Agadez.
A so called 'coxeur' (people trafficker) stands next to his motorcycle near the bus station in Agadez.
Two girls walking past a mud-walled building in Agadez.
Market traders sell their goods outside the bus station in Agadez.
A young migrant, sits in the back of an army truck after being picked up by the military in the Tenere deser.
On a smugglers route, used to avoid military patrols, a migrant's grave is marked by some rocks and their empty water container.
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