Support the ICIRA NEW batch of one hundred and sixty stranded Nigerians arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja, from Tripoli, Libya, in the early hours of today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. Their return was facilitated by the ministry in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The returnees who were aboard a chartered flight comprised of 98 adults and 62 children. Returnees have been lodged at the FCT Hajj camp to observe the mandatory 14 days isolation, as part of the COVID-19 protocol. In 2015, Nigeria adopted a National Policy on Migration that seeks to provide an appropriate legal framework for monitoring and regulating internal and international migration, as well as the proper collection and dissemination of migration data.

Source: Libya Today March 17, 2021 13:30 UTC