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February 27, 2018

Algeria: New Wave of Deportations

Algerian authorities have rounded up hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans since January 2018, including women and children, expelling many of them to Niger, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have deprived those arrested of their right to challenge their detention and possible deportation, people who were arrested told Human Rights Watch.

Cameroon

February 27, 2018 News Release

Algeria: New Wave of Deportations
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Lisa Misol

Published In: The International Service for Human Rights
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Elise Keppler
Associate Director, International Justice Program

Published In: AllAfrica

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