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Niger seeks help with migrant influx from Libya

26 Apr 2011 22:48

  • OCHA says health risks growing in overcrowded camps

  • African countries unable to organise evacuations

By Abdoulaye Massalaatchi

NIAMEY, April 26 (Reuters) - Niger appealed on Tuesday for international help to deal with an influx of some 57,000 Africans who have fled violence in Libya but now face growing health problems in overstretched migrant camps.

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