JUST IN: NEMA Receives 148 Repatriated Nigerians As They Arrive In Lagos

Some Nigerians including women and children stranded have been repatriated with support of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Libyan Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM) and the Nigerian consulate. It was gathered that the migrants were flown into Lagos from Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli on Wednesday, through the Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight. The migrants, a combination of 13 men, 124 women, and 8 children, were brought back to Lagos following an assisted effort to help migrants who are stranded in Libya and facing difficult situations, especially as Libya stands as a transit route to many European countries. In a statement issued on X, Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it received the migrants who arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Cargo at exactly 17.35hours. The agency said the migrants arrived on Tuesday aboard a Boeing chartered flight with registration no. 5A-BAA. It added, “After the mandatory profiling and biometric exercise, the Returnees were moved to for further reintegration programmes spearheaded by IOM.”