The IOM Chief of Mission in Nigeria, Franz Celestin, who confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday, however, did not disclose the number of Nigerians killed in the attack.
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The International Organisation for Migration Sub-Office in Lagos on Thursday said that it had in the last five years provided assistance to about 17,000 Nigerian voluntary returnees from Libya.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Friday said a total of 14,036 Nigerians have voluntarily returned home under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees Programme which began in April 2017.
Zaynab stands next to the remnants of her home she used to share with her six children before it was destroyed by early season rainstorms that brought strong winds and rain to north-east Nigeria.
The National Emergency Management Agency has received another batch of 195 stranded Nigerians from Libya.
The International Organisation for Migration has concluded arrangements to hold a high-level sensitisation workshop for traditional and religious leaders on promoting safe migration practices and supporting the reintegration of returning migrants in Abuja.
Frantz Celestin, Chief of Mission, International Organisation for Migration, Nigeria, says the agency has taken a comprehensive society approach to address the migration challenges in Nigeria.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Friday said 12,574 Nigerians have so far returned from Libya under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees Programme, which began in April 2017.
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants & Internally Displaced Persons has said that it received a total of 11,494 migrant returnees in the South-west zone of the country in 2018.
The Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, South West Zone, Alhaji Yakubu Suleiman, disclosed this while receiving another batch of 153 Assisted Voluntary Returnees brought back by IOM from Libya on Friday.
IOM spokesman, Joel Millman, told a news conference in Geneva that 132 other people on the rubber dinghy had been rescued.
The Navy spokesman, Ayob Qassem, said the reports published by international organisations about a capsizing boat with 90 illegal immigrants on board off the city of Zuwara were uncertain and questionable.
Ibrahim Farinloye, the spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency, South-West Zone, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos.