African migrants dumped in Sahara

[Eugene]

(BBC News)

Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 08:47 GMT 09:47 UK

African migrants dumped in Sahara

A Malian man has died after he and 50 other would-be migrants were dumped
by the Moroccan authorities in the Sahara.

The group, including citizens of Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Ivory Coast and
Guinea had been trying to reach Europe in small boats when they were
intercepted.

They were left in a desert border zone between Mauritania and Western Sahara
without food or water, aid workers say.

Over 18,000 African migrants have arrived on the Canary Islands in boats this
year, hoping for jobs in the EU.

"Neither the Moroccans nor the Mauritanians accept them on their territory,"
Ahmedou Ould Haye of the Mauritanian Red Crescent told Reuters news agency.

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Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5294562.stm

Related: African migrants stranded on Sahara strip, one dead - Reuters

[Kickoutthejams23]

1. They are planning on dumping a lot more.

20,000 from the Canary Islands is just a start. France itself has looked in "repatriating" up to a million Africans.

[Houtxguy]

2. good

Perhaps it will help reduce their immigrant problems.

Well not the Muslims you have to send them to Syria, Saudi or whereever.