The Federal Government in partnership with the International Organisation for Migration, IOM have repatriated another 167 victims of human trafficking and forced labour stranded in Libya.
Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya Kabiru Musa, who announced this in a statement in Abuja, said the 167 stranded Nigerians left the Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli and are expected to arrive at the Murtala Muhammed International Lagos. He added that the government granted a special waiver to the IOM and the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli following the circumstances in Libya which hosts thousands of stranded Nigerians.
Musa said the exercise which is the first in the year included victims of human trafficking, forced labour, those released from detentions and irregular migrants on voluntary return who took Libya as a transit country.
However, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has confirmed the received 167 Nigerian returnees from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Director-General of the Agency Mustapha Habib who was represented by the Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, made this in an interview with reporters in Lagos.
