Assisting and protecting transit migrants and returnees in Niger

With support from ICRC and the French Red Cross, since 2010 the Niger Red Cross has been assisting migrants and host communities in accessing basic services, including healthcare, restoring family links (RFL), psychosocial support and protection services. 3 antennas and 7 RFL kiosks have been established to offer RFL services to migrants (including phones calls, promotion of the tracing tool ‘Trace the Face’ and awareness raising). Health services are also provided in Arlit and Tchirozénie. In addition, the Niger Red Cross and the Danish Red Cross provide humanitarian services to returnees in Zinder, including psychosocial support.