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FG Repatriates 158 Nigerian Migrants  From Libya

POSTED ON July 25, 2024 •   Metro      BY Benedicta Bassey
158 Nigerian Migrants  From Libya/ Photo credit: Vanguard

The Federal Government has repatriated 158 irregular Nigerian migrants from Libya.

Nigeria’s Charge’ d’ Affaires to Libya, Amb. Mohammed Mohammed, made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday.

Mohammed said that the group of evacuees comprised of 77 males, 45 females, 26 children as well as 10 infants.

The envoy explained that of the total number, 26 males arrested from the ongoing raid of undocumented foreigners in Libya were released from Abu-Salim Detention Centre in Tripoli.

A total of 1, 776 stranded Nigerians have returned home, according to the envoy.

Mohammed said that the repatriation was a collaborative effort between the mission and the Libyan authorities.

He said that the collaboration was under the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) under the organisation’s Voluntary Humanitarian Repatriation (VHR).

“This marks the 12th evacuation exercise carried out by the Nigerian Mission in Libya this year.

“The current exercise follows the repatriation 142 irregular Nigerian migrants from Sabha, Libya, on July 19.

“While some of them were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the Libyan Coastal Guards, others were arrested on charges of prostitution, illegal entry, overstay and lack of proper documentation while others willingly submitted themselves to the IOM in Libya for repatriation.

“Nigerians living in Libya, from many indications, already have damaged reputations due to the alleged nefarious activities of some criminal elements among them.

“Some have been fingered in the commitment of crimes such as kidnapping for ransom, drug peddling, prostitution, sale of alcohol as well as cultism and human trafficking with their Libyan collaborators,among others.

“It is, therefore, as a result of the above that, arrest and deportation of Nigerians may continue in the weeks and months ahead,” he said.

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