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 IOM opened this Thursday (01/08) a new transit center in Niamey, where unaccompanied migrant children and families will be hosted, as they wait for their return to their country of origin, through the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programme, under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration. 

IOM provides direct assistance to migrants in its six transit centers in Niger located in Arlit, Dirkou, Agadez and Niamey, which are open and voluntary for migrants while they wait for their return to their country of origin.

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