Over 200 Nigerian migrants deported from Libya

29/4/2025 7:34

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 204 Nigerian migrants have been deported from Libya to their home country.



"The IOM has facilitated the voluntary humanitarian return of 203 migrants, including 130 women, from Benghazi, Libya, to Lagos, Nigeria," it said in a statement on social media platform X, without specifying the dates of the deportation.



"This return and reintegration effort was made possible with the support of the European Union's (EU) Migrant Protection, Return and Reintegration programme in North Africa," the statement said.



Due to the insecurity and chaos that followed the 2011 uprising, Libya has become a hotspot for migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean towards European shores.