Another batch of 158 returnees arrive Nigeria from Libya

 

Another batch of 158 returnees arrive Nigeria from Libya

 

By Bose Adelaja

National Emergency Management Agency  NEMA, on Wednesday,   received another batch of 158 stranded Nigerians from Libya into the country.

The Returnees  who were voluntarily assisted  by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 5.47pm aboard Al Buraq Airline Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG from Libya.

The Returnees were received at the Cargo Wing of the Airport who had to pass through screening with Nigeria Immigration Services. Their breakdown indicates  86 female adults, 6 female children and 13 female infants.

Others were 42 male adults with three medical cases, three female children and 21 male infants. NEMA Acting Coordinator, Lagos State Territorial District, Ibrahim Farinloye, said  they would be kept  for the isolation period during which trainings and other medical examinations  would be conducted on them.

The IOM has been assisting many Nigerians back to the country since 2012 in a special programmed sponsored by the European Union for young Nigerians who had intended travelling out of the country in search of greener pastures but got stranded in Libya. Through the process, about 19,000 Nigerians  have been returned till date.

National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Nigeria Immigration Services, FAAN, Port Health Services of the Federal Ministry of Health and other agencies were on ground during the reception activities for the Returnees on arrival.

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