Four Pregnant Women, 140 Other Nigerians Return From Libya
On March 1st, a new set of 144 Nigerians returned from Libya. The return of these Nigerians were facilitated by the International Organis...
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On March 1st, a new set of 144 Nigerians returned from Libya. The
return of these Nigerians were facilitated by the International
Organisation for Migration through the National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA). Four pregnant women were among those that returned with
the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and
the European Union (EU).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 10.30 pm. They returned aboard a chartered Airbus 320 with registration number LZ-MDI operated by VIA Airways. The returnees comprised 54 adult females four of whom were pregnant and seven female children as well as 79 adult males and four male children.
The South West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, received the returnees on behalf of Federal Government. Also on hand to receive them were officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) , the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Police.
The returnees were each given £100 to settle down in Nigeria, while some state governments assisted them with transport back home. Telecommunications company, Airtel, in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs, also gave the returnees free mobile phone handsets and SIM cards to facilitate their reintegration. In 2017, 6,806 Nigerians were brought back from Libya with the efforts of the IOM and EU.
The Nigerians had been stranded in the volatile North African country en-route Europe, with many being subjected to abuse.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 10.30 pm. They returned aboard a chartered Airbus 320 with registration number LZ-MDI operated by VIA Airways. The returnees comprised 54 adult females four of whom were pregnant and seven female children as well as 79 adult males and four male children.
The South West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, received the returnees on behalf of Federal Government. Also on hand to receive them were officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) , the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Police.
The returnees were each given £100 to settle down in Nigeria, while some state governments assisted them with transport back home. Telecommunications company, Airtel, in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs, also gave the returnees free mobile phone handsets and SIM cards to facilitate their reintegration. In 2017, 6,806 Nigerians were brought back from Libya with the efforts of the IOM and EU.
The Nigerians had been stranded in the volatile North African country en-route Europe, with many being subjected to abuse.
