The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Friday, said no fewer than 10,000 Nigerians, have voluntarily returned from Libya between April 2017 and October 2018. Suleiman said that the Nigerians were assisted back in 50 flights facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). He said among the 161 returnees were 147 adults, four children and 10 infants, adding that 12 of the women were pregnant while nine had varying medical cases. Suleiman noted that on Oct. 9, NEMA had received another batch of 149 returnees, bringing the total number of returnees received during the week to 310. The NEMA coordinator on behalf of the Federal Government, thanked the IOM and other development partners on their humanitarian efforts in the Special Assisted Voluntary Repatriation Programme.

Source: The Guardian October 12, 2018 12:56 UTC