Nigeria’s Cost’d’ Affaires to Libya, Amb. Mohammed Mohammed on Wednesday introduced the repatriation, by the Federal Authorities of 158 irregular migrants from Libya to Nigeria.
Mohammed defined, in an announcement on Wednesday, that the evacuees comprised 77 males, 45 females, 26 youngsters in addition to 10 infants.
He added that of the entire quantity, 26 males arrested from the continuing raid of undocumented foreigners in Libya have been launched from Abu-Salim Detention Centre in Tripoli.
The Nigerian envoy to Libya additionally disclosed that thus far, 1,776 stranded Nigerians have returned residence.
Mohammed additional defined that the repatriation was a collaborative effort between the mission and the Libyan authorities beneath the Worldwide Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) Voluntary Humanitarian Repatriation (VHR).
“This marks the twelfth evacuation train carried out by the Nigerian Mission in Libya this 12 months.
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“The present train follows the repatriation of 142 irregular Nigerian migrants from Sabha, Libya, on July 19.
“Whereas a few of them have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the Libyan Coastal Guards, others have been arrested on expenses of prostitution, unlawful entry, overstay, and lack of correct documentation whereas others willingly submitted themselves to the IOM in Libya for repatriation.
“Nigerians dwelling in Libya, from many indications, have already got broken reputations because of the alleged nefarious actions of some legal components amongst them.
“Some have been fingered within the dedication of crimes corresponding to kidnapping for ransom, drug peddling, prostitution, sale of alcohol in addition to cultism and human trafficking with their Libyan collaborators, amongst others.
“It’s, due to this fact, because of the above that arrest and deportation of Nigerians might proceed within the weeks and months forward,” he stated.
He additionally warned Nigerians in opposition to irregular migrations, saying that there have been growing and coordinated raids of unlawful migrants throughout the cities of Libya.
Based on him, these are probably going to proceed as Libyan authorities think about the inflow of unlawful migrants within the nation a nationwide safety problem, and have vowed to make use of all authorized means to cease the menace.
