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International Organisation for Migration (IOM) would on Monday (January 8) repatriate 180 Nigerians stranded in Libya back to their home country. According to the UN migration agency, IOM’s Libya mission chartered its first flight of 2018 under the Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR), assisting 142 returnees departing from Libya to Gambia.
The UN migration agency said the repatriation is under its continuing Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme, which is aimed at assisting voluntary returnees stranded in Libya to their homelands.

“The UN Migration Agency’s next charter is set for Monday Jan. 8, when around 180 Nigerian nationals are scheduled to be assisted under VHR to Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city and commercial hub.
“That flight will bring to close to 20,000 the number of migrants IOM has escorted home from Libya since the beginning of 2017.
Many of the migrants volunteered to be returned home by IOM rather than face an uncertain future in Libya.

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