Unlawful migrants line as much as get on a bus outdoors a deportation workplace in Tripoli, Libya, on Dec. 4, 2023. The Libyan Unlawful Migration Management Division on Monday introduced the deportation of 147 unlawful migrants again to Nigeria. (Photograph by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)
TRIPOLI, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — The Libyan Unlawful Migration Management Division on Monday introduced the deportation of 147 unlawful migrants again to Nigeria.
“A gaggle of 147 unlawful migrants from Nigeria had been deported through Tripoli Mitiga Worldwide Airport to their nation,” stated Fathi Shnebbu, head of the Division’s info and documentation workplace.
He stated the deported migrants embrace 122 ladies and 25 males.
“These migrants had been concerned in felony teams and dedicated crimes of drug trafficking, firearms trafficking, and prostitution,” Shnebbu stated.
Due to the instability and chaos within the nation for the reason that fall of late chief Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011, many migrants, largely Africans, selected to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores from Libya.
Up to now this yr, a complete of 15,057 unlawful migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya, in response to the Worldwide Group for Migration. ■
Unlawful migrants wait to depart on the Libyan Unlawful Migration Management Division in Tripoli, Libya, on Dec. 4, 2023. The Libyan Unlawful Migration Management Division on Monday introduced the deportation of 147 unlawful migrants again to Nigeria. (Photograph by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)
Unlawful migrants go away the Libyan Unlawful Migration Management Division in Tripoli, Libya, on Dec. 4, 2023. The Libyan Unlawful Migration Management Division on Monday introduced the deportation of 147 unlawful migrants again to Nigeria. (Photograph by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)