Pattern of Emigration
These Exode traditions also provide the basis for modern longer term emigration from Niger to the Maghreb and Europe. Niger is a transit point for immigrants from throughout West Africa, traveling by truck and bus north, especially to Libya, from which many attempt to cross to European nations.
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