The federal government has said that it has evacuated 7,000 migrants, with additional 250 arriving Nigeria today. Sadia Faruk, the Director-General of the National Refugee Commission, told newsmen after a meeting she and her counterparts in the National Emergency Management Agency and the NAPTIP held with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Faruq, who said 460 others […]
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More than 160,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Europe in 2017 having crossed the Mediterranean Sea, while about 3,000 people died trying to reach the EU, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said. IOM said this in a press statement released on Tuesday in Moscow. “IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 160,067 migrants and […]
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The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, on Monday received 149 Nigerian returnees who had been stranded in Libya, bringing the total number brought back to the country in the last five weeks to 975. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Registration Number 5A-DMG which flew in the returnees […]
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It has been revealed that a total of 826 Nigerians stranded in Libya have voluntarily returned to the country. The returnees include 270 Nigerians who arrived into the country via the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Tuesday. They were received by officialsof the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA the Nigerian Immigration Service National Agency for […]
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The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, on Tuesday received another 257 Nigerian voluntary returnees flown back from Libya. Hundreds of Nigerians stranded in Libya have returned to the country in 2017. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the latest returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, in a chartered Airbus A330-200 flight […]
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More than 100 migrants are missing after a shipwreck off the coast of western Libya, the Libyan navy said on Thursday. Rescuers found at least seven survivors on Wednesday after they had remained for three days at sea, navy spokesman Ayub Kassem said, without providing further details. The shipwreck occurred off the town of Sabratha, […]
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The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said another batch of 139 deportees arrived the country from Libya on Tuesday. Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-West spokesman, NEMA, confirmed the deportation to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Wednesday in Lagos. Mr. Farinloye said that the aircraft that conveyed the deportees arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, […]
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Seven European countries have deported forty-one Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences while Libya expelled a fresh batch of 128 Nigerians. The deportees arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. The seven European countries that deported are Australia, Switzerland, Hungary, Netherland, Germany, Norway and Denmark. The Privilege Style aircraft with Registration mark EC-120 […]
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Almost 200 people are feared to have died in two Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks during the weekend, according to reports on Monday. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya said that seven people were rescued off the north-western city of Zawiya, and one of them said 113 others were missing. The information was posted […]
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An aircraft conveying 253 Nigerians repatriated from Libya, landed about 6.45pm at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The returnees were made up of of 102 males, 140 females, six children and five infants. They were brought back by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian embassy in Libya. The returnees were received […]
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