At least 52 migrants, mostly from Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire, have died in Sahara Desert, even as the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it had rescued no fewer than 600 people since April 2017 through a new search and rescue operation that targeted migrants stranded in the prominent Desert.

The UN migration agency made this disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday.

“We are enhancing our capacity to assist vulnerable migrants stranded in Northern Agadez, towards the Niger-Libya border.

“Saving lives in the desert is becoming more urgent than ever.

“Since the beginning of the year we have been receiving frequent calls to rescue victims who embark on this route‎,” Giuseppe Loprete, Niger Chief of Mission for IOM, said.

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