PHOTOS:138 NIGERIANS DEPORTED FROM LIBYA

One hundred and thirty eight Nigerians were deported on Wednesday, 16th August from Libya .

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the deportees comprise 106 female adults, three female children, eight male adults, 18 male children and three male infants.

 The deportees, NEMA officials said, were flown aboard an Airbus 320 with registration number ONO and flight number BRQ 189/190.

Yesterday’s deportation brings to 2,232 the number of Nigerians that have been deported from Libya since last year under a programme facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Confirming the return of the 138 Nigerians yesterday, NEMA’s Director General Mustapha Maihajja said the activities of human traffickers and their conspirators were embarrassing Nigeria.

AGAIN....174 NIGERIANS RETURN FROM LIBYA !

The National Emergency Management Agency, alongside other Federal Government agencies received another batch of 174 Nigerians that voluntarily returned from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos,on Wednesday June 21st,2017 .

The returnees, who came back aboard a chartered Nouvelair aircraft with registration number TS-INA, are 34 males, 122 females, 10 children and 9 infants.

Their return was facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya as they were received at the Hajj Camp area of the airport by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, and the Police.

The Public Information Officer, IOM, Ms. Julia Burpee, explained that the organisation had facilitated the return of over 1,170 Nigerians from Libya since February 2017.