Tuesday 17 July 2012

United Nations evacuate 326 Nigerians from Libya

United Nations Evacuate 326 ‘Stranded’ Nigerians From Libya

 
The International Office for Migration (IOM), a United Nations body has helped in repatriating 326 “stranded” Nigerians, including about a dozen children from Libya. They were brought back home from Libya this weekend.

They arrived in Lagos international airport in two batches. Airport officials said that some of them had been tortured or imprisoned by the new government in Tripoli before they were evacuated.
 
 
“At the weekend, 326 stranded Nigerians were evacuated to the country from Libya through the effort of International Office for Migration (IOM), a United Nations body,” the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said.
 
Libyan authorities have in the past years expelled thousands of Nigerian illegal immigrants and those with criminal records.
 
These Nigerians must have gone through quite an ordeal during the crisis period and power tussle in Libya. During that period, there were calls for help from Nigerians stranded in Libya
‘Airport officials said that some of them had been tortured or imprisoned by the new government in Tripoli before they were evacuated’

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