Around 160 Bangladeshi workers who remained stranded in Libya were brought back home on Wednesday morning. The government has repatriated them with the support of International Organization for Migration (IOM), according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The workers remained trapped in Benghazi and the different cities of the eastern parts of Libya following the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and political unrest. For these reasons, they were sheltered in deportation camp in Libya, the press release also added. A significant number of the returnee workers stayed in Libya for the last 7 to 12 years.

Source: Libya Today November 21, 2023 10:32 UTC