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MigrantsstrandedbyCOVID-19lockdowninNiger
Displacedpeopleaffectedbycoronavirushaverightstoo,saysrightsexpert
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NowCOVID-19disruptioncastscloudoverweatheralertsInanewCOVID-19development,UNweatherexpertssaidonWednesdaythatthepandemicrisksdisruptingkeyforecastingservices,includingearlywarningalertsaroundtheworld.
Boththequantityandqualityofweatherobservationsandforecasts,aswellasatmosphericandclimatemonitoringareatstake,accordingtotheWorldMeteorologicalOrganization(WMO)inGeneva.
Here’sLarsPeterRiishojgaard,DirectorofWMO’sEarthSystemBranch:
“WeareconcernedabouttheimpactasIsaidontheabilityofourMemberstodelivertheirbasicweatherandclimateservices…Andyoumaythink,whywouldwecareaboutthis,wehavebiggerthingstoworryaboutrightnow…Buteveninthissituation,therecouldbesituationswhereallofasuddenyoucouldbecriticallyreliantonweatherforecastingifahurricane,tornadoorsomeotheradverseweathersituationbreaksout.”
Manypartsoftheglobalweathermonitoringsystemareautomated,suchassatellitesandmanyobservationpointsonland.
Butothermonitoringpointshavealreadyseena“dramatic”impactoverthelastfewweeks.
Thisincludesreadingsfromairplanes,thankstoplummetinglevelsofairtraffic,particularlyinEurope.
Therehasalsobeena“significantdecrease”indatafromdevelopingcountries,wheremanyobservationsarestilltakenmanually,WMOsaid.
Inastatement,WMOSecretary-GeneralPetteriTaalasurgedGovernmentstosupporttheirnationalearlywarningandweatherobservingcapacitiesdespitetheCOVID-19crisis.
MigrantsstrandedbyCOVID-19lockdowninNigerToNigernow,wheretheUNishelpingmorethan2,00migrantsacrossthecountrywho’vebeenleftstrandedbyaCOVID-19lockdown.
TheInternationalOrganizationforMigration(IOM)hassaidthatit’sworriedaboutthesignificantnumberofmen,womenandchildrenstillarrivinginNigerdespitetheemergencymeasures.
AsofTuesday,4peoplehavetestedpositivefornewcoronavirusinNigerthreehavedied.
Topreventvirustransmission,theauthoritieshaveimplementedborderclosures,curfewsandtravelbans,alongwithtwoweeksofquarantinefornewarrivals.
IOMisprovidingassistancebyhostingmigrantsinsixtransitcentres,andthreetemporarytransitsites.ThosearrivingattheborderwithAlgeriaarequarantined,andtwotransithousesinNiameyhaveopenedinresponsetothesuddenincreaseofmigrantsaffectedbytheborderclosures.
AtAssamaka,atNiger’sborderwithAlgeria,theagencyishelpingseveralhundredmigrantsastheyfinalizetheir14-dayquarantineperiod.
They
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