The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that 148 Nigerian migrants have been repatriated from Libya with the support of the Libyan Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the Nigerian consulate.
The agency revealed this in a statement released on its official X handle on Wedneday.
NEMA revealed that the returnees arrived aboard a Boeing chartered flight with registration number 5A-BAA.
It added that its Lagos Territorial Office and other stakeholders received the returnees at Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 5:35 p.m. on Tuesday.
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The returnees were flown back to Lagos on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli.
According to NEMA, the group comprised 13 men, 124 women, 5 children and 3 infants.
The statement reads, “NEMA Lagos Territorial Office officials along with other stakeholders received another batch of 148 Nigerian returnees from Libya today Tuesday 11th February, 2025.
“The Returnees arrived at Murtala Muhamed International Airport Cargo at 17.35hours aboard a Boeing chartered flight with registration no. 5A-BAA.
“The profile of Returnees shows 124 adult females, 13 adult males, 5 children and 3 infants.
“They were offered necessary assistance by IOM with the support of NEMA, NCFRMI, Nigeria Immigration Service, DSS, Port Health and Nigeria Police Force.
“After the mandatory profiling and biometric exercise, the Returnees were moved to for further reintegration programs spare headed by IOM.”
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