Earlier this month, I blogged
about the boat people drowned as they tried to reach Europe from Africa (http://disasterhistorian.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/boat-people-2013.html).
Now comes a story of migrants who perished trying to cross an African desert.
Rescue workers in Niger say they
have found the bodies of 87 people who died of thirst in the Sahara. They may
have been on their way to Europe, or going to work in Algeria, when their
vehicles broke down.
It is believed they left the town
of Arlit about a month ago. When their vehicles broke down, they set out on
foot, and about ten managed to get back to the town to raise the alarm.
The bodies were found in searing
heat about six miles from the Algerian border. At least 48 were children or
teenagers. Niger is one of the world's poorest countries and suffers frequent
drought and food shortages.
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