Nigerian Migrants Arrive From Libya

It was a huge sigh of relief for the latest set of Nigerian migrants who returned safely from Libya last night, Tuesday, November 28, 2017 amid ongoing horrible tales of booming slave trade in the North African country.

The migrants, 242 in number including 148 men, 45 women and 46 children touched down at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos aboard a Libyan Airline flight.

The Nigerian Government in collaboration with IOM (International Organization of Migration) have been working together in facilitating the return of Nigerian migrants in Libya for over a year now.

Most of these migrants had traveled illegally through the desert and crossed into Libya in hopes of reaching Italy, which is separated from the war-torn country by the Mediterranean sea.

While few make the tortuous journey across sea into the European country, others drown even before reaching their dream destination and more find themselves in tight situations when they get to Libya as they are thrown into jail for illegal entry or captured by ethnic militias, who subject them to constant sexual abuse or sell them off into slavery.
Multiple award winning Gospel artist, Nikki Laoye, who is part of a team of National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons involved in receiving the migrants, shared a video of last night’s returnees from Libya.

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