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18 May, 8 tweets, 4 min read
📢Last chance to sign up for our webinar on changing human smuggling and trafficking dynamics in North Africa and the Sahel in 2019 and 2020

🗓️11 am CET Today⤵️
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@mmic78 presenting the latest research on human smuggling and trafficking dynamics in North Africa and the Sahel in 2019 and 2020. ImageImage
Human smuggling in Niger went through 3 main phases.
1) Disruption 2016-2018
2) Relaxation of law enforcement 2018-2020
3) Disruption since Covid
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Key smuggling trends to watch in Niger. Image
@petertinti "Migrant smuggling has completely rebounded in Timbuktu to pre-Covid levels"

Learn more in our new report ⤵️
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@alicejfereday presents key findings from GI-TOC'S new report
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@DrM2H "Historically, migrants leaving from the Tunisian coast have been males. This has changed, now we have women, elderly and children" Image

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