The Federal Government and the International Organisation for Migration evacuated no fewer than 5,219 stranded Nigerians between February and December 2023, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered that in December, 281 stranded Nigerians were received from Libya and 161 Nigerians were repatriated from Libya. In October, 108 stranded Nigerians were evacuated from Libya; 155 were repatriated from Libya in September, and in August, 459 Nigerians trapped in Libya were repatriated. In July, 205 stranded Nigerians were evacuated from Sudan, 340 stranded Nigerians from Sudan and Libya were received in June, while 2,678 were received in May from Sudan, Saudi-Arabia and Niger Republic. Also, 403 stranded Nigerians were evacuated from Libya and Niger Republic in April, 279 stranded Nigerians were received in March from Libya and 150 were received in February from Niger Republic.

Source: Libya Today December 24, 2023 01:09 UTC