Refugees In Niger accuses UNHCR partners of  detaining  eight refugees, asylum seekers

Refugees In Niger, Sudanese refugees who have been abandoned in Agadez, Niger,  has accused UNHCR partners of  detaining  eight refugees and  asylum seekers.  

The group made the allegation in a document titled  ‘Statement on the detention and arrest of refugees in the Agadez camp in Niger’.

The statement reads: “There is a clear and flagrant violation of refugees in the Agadez camp in Niger. The National Commission for the Status of Refugees (CEN) and the national organization ADKOUL, partners of UNHCR, have detained eight refugees and asylum seekers, four women and four young men, from inside the camp. They are now in the police station without any charges against them.”

In light of this detention, the refugees in the Agadez camp in Niger strongly condemned the detention and arrest. They hold UNHCR and its partners responsible for the safety of the refugees who have been detained, and “we demand their immediate and unconditional release.We in the Agadez camp in Niger reject the unethical behavior of UNHCR partners

in detaining and arresting refugees

We, in the Agadez camp in Niger, confirm that we are still ruminating over many bitter memories that will never leave our minds, in addition to the practices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and its partners, which they repeatedly practice against refugees in the Agadez camp, exploiting the fragile situation that refugees are experiencing without support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.”

Concluding, the group said “we confirm that we are dealing with this situation peacefully until all our demands are met.

This is a detention and arrest whose objectives we do not realize, but we reserve the right to act normally.”