IOMThe International Organization for Migration (IOM) on 19 May facilitated the voluntary humanitarian return of 148 Gambian migrants stranded in Libya through a return flight, and another 45 through a commercial flight from Niger. This represents the highest number of Gambian migrants assisted with voluntary return in a single day, since IOM opened a country office in The Gambia in July 2017. Since 2017, over 3,300 Gambians have benefitted from IOM’s Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme, which offers a dignified and safe return for migrants stranded in Libya. Most of the Gambian migrants who returned from Niger were stranded in the desert at the border with Algeria, in the Agadez region. Since 2017, over 1,700 Gambian migrants have been assisted to return home from Niger.

Source: Libya Today May 20, 2022 11:21 UTC