Over 200 vulnerable Nigerians stranded in Libya have returned home as part of a humanitarian repatriation initiative facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with Nigerian authorities.
The group, totalling 203 individuals, touched down at the Cargo Terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at 7:00 p.m. on Monday aboard a chartered Al Buraq Boeing aircraft, with registration number 5A-BAC.
On arrival, officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other stakeholders including the Nigeria Immigration Service, Department of State Services (DSS), Port Health Services, Nigeria Police Force, and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) received the returnees.
The cohort comprised 50 adult men, 96 adult women, 29 children, and 28 infants.
Each individual was provided with immediate assistance upon disembarkation.
Two returnees presented medical cases and were promptly transferred to New Ikeja Hospital for necessary treatment.
All arrivals underwent mandatory biometric and profiling procedures, after which they were relocated to the Igando Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Resettlement Centre.
There, they are scheduled to begin reintegration programmes designed to help them re-establish stability and rebuild their lives.
NEMA reaffirmed that the repatriation was part of ongoing efforts to support Nigerians facing hardship abroad, particularly those trapped in unsafe or inhumane conditions across North Africa.
