The Nigerian government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), on Tuesday repatriated 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya.
Kabiru Musa, Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.
“Under the continuous evacuation exercise of the Federal Government, which is supported by the IOM in Libya, We successfully evacuated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian migrants who were stranded in Libya,” according to Musa.
“The evacuees included 78 males, 55 females, 13 children, and one infant.”
“We would continue to evacuate stranded Nigerians who have expressed willingness to return to Nigeria under the IOM’s Voluntary Humanitarian Repatriation (VHR) programme,“ the official said.