A fresh batch of 162 Nigerians, including four pregnant women, have voluntarily returned from Libya with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration.
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No fewer than 141 Nigerians, including 11 pregnant women, have voluntarily returned from Libya to Nigeria with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration and the European Union.
Dabiri-Erewa made the call on Monday in Ibadan while presenting a lecture at a programme organised by the Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan to commemorate the university’s 70th Anniversary.
The National Emergency Management Agency, on Friday, said no fewer than 10,000 Nigerians, have voluntarily returned from Libya between April 2017 and October 2018.
This cheering news was contained in a statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
IOM said the tragic weekend began on Friday with two shipwrecks adding to the alarming increase in migrant deaths off Libya coast.
Abraham Tamrat, Programme Manager, Migration Management Unit, IOM, Lagos, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
Efe Alimi, an Edo State indigene, revealed how he had participated in the mass burial of 5,300 bodies in a single day on the Libyan shore, decomposing remains of those who had drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe
The returnee, who hails from Edo, was among the 171 Nigerians that voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday night.
“In addition to 48 bodies which have already been found, there are maybe more than 64 missing,’’ Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesman for the IOM, said.
Naomi and other participants shared their experiences about reintegrating to life in Nigeria after being deported
The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos about 3.44 a.m. aboard a chartered Libyan Airlines Airbus A330-200 aircraft with registration number 5A-LAU.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the returnees arrived aboard a chartered flight operated by Buraq Airline with registration number 5A-DMG
The South West Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Alhaji Yakubu Suleiman, made the disclosure while receiving a new set of 166 returnees who arrived from the volatile North African country
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 9.05pm
The night attack claimed lives of innocent citizens, including humanitarian workers of the United Nations, Red Cross and International Organisation for Migration
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 10.30pm
They were reported to have been arrested near Tripoli after torture video surfaced on social media
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the new batch of returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 5.30 p.m.
Their return was facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration and the European Union