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This was disclosed in Benin on Sunday during an advocacy programme by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Human trafficking and Illegal Migration, Solomon Okoduwa

The President stated this when he received Louise Mushikiwabo, the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs, who came as Special Envoy of President Paul Kagame at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday.

The President while speaking when he addressed Nigerians in the Diaspora, vowed to reduce the number of Nigerians heading for Europe illegally through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea by providing basic social amenities such as education, healthcare and food security at home

The Red Cross said the migrants, most of whom have not been identified, died this week

He said as a result of the stepped up efforts by Europe to patrol water routes, more than 50,000 migrants so far have been rescued in the waters between Libya’s coast and Italy from January to June