161 Nigerians Deported From Libya

                              

The Libyan government have deported 161 Nigerians living in their country illegally.but according to Organisation for Migration, IOM, the  returnees “had voluntarily agreed to be brought back to Nigeria.”    

 The returnees comprised 60 males and 101 females, among them children and infants.
 Head of IOM Office in Lagos, Mr. Nahashan Thuo said

“No one deported them; they just agreed voluntarily to return to Nigeria based on the unfriendly conditions they found themselves in Libya,”  “We brought them back in liaison with the  Nigerian Embassy in Libya, and we will do everything possible to reunite them with their families. We are giving each of them 50 pounds which would be converted to naira to assist them financially,” he added.

The Government of Edo state where most of them came from sent representative to receive the returnees.