Mauritania accused of deporting migrants at Senegalese border

Mauritanian authorities are jailing and deporting migrants at the Senegalese border, according to NGOs and Senegalese authorities.

According to RFI on March 19th, most of them have taken refuge in the city of Rosso that borders the river that separates both countries, in the red cross branch of the city. 

The migrants – of mostly Senegalese, Guinean, Gambian and Sierra Leonean nationality – have reported mistreatments from the authorities, with most of them spending days or weeks in detention centres with no food or being subject to beatings.

RFI