At least 50 persons identified as illegal migrants heading to Europe have died in the Sahel due to lack of water and high temperature.

Humanitarian agencies who rescued about 200 migrants abandoned by traffickers, discovered the dead bodies in the desert near the Niger-Libya border, according VOA Hausa Service.

The Agadas region which borders Libya and Algeria to the north of Niger Republic is considered a deadly route for those struggling to cross into Europe.

Since December 2023, after the ruling military junta in Niger repealed a law that had previously criminalised the transport of migrants in the country, there has been a surge in African migrants taking the dangerous journey through the Sahara Desert to reach Europe.

As a result, the number of deaths has tripled as more migrants who hope to get to Europe in search of greener pastures are taking the dangerous route.