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Promoting Safe Migration in Agadez, Niger
In the middle of the desert in Agadez, a strategic crossroad for migrants, IOM staff is assisting migrants coming from Liberia, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Nigeria and other West African countries.
”If you die, it must be the lion that kills you. That is what they say in Senegal. This is what a returnee migrant explains to me in Diourbel, Senegal, as I try to understand why youth keep on leaving their villages risking their lives to reach Europe.
One day I went out to the market on my own and some men asked to see my documents. I didn’t have the right documents, so they took me to an immigration detention center, deported me and banned me from returning to Russia for 5 years.
Irish design consultancy, Frontend.com and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)’s Future Vision of Migrant Healthcare concept has been nominated for a 'Collaborative Design' award and 'Public Choice Award' by Institute Designers Ireland (IDI) in this year’s Irish Design Awards.