Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) More than 200 Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya have been returned to their home country, Nigerian officials said. The 242 migrants landed at Lagos airport on a Libyan Airlines flight at around 9:00 pm local time (3:00pm ET) on Tuesday. Nigerian authorities say they worked on returning the migrants from Libya in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). willingly approached the Nigerian embassy in Libya to return home because of hardship there, authorities said. Some of the 242 men and women who returned had been in Libyan detention camps while otherswillingly approached the Nigerian embassy in Libya to return home because of hardship there, authorities said.

Source: CNN November 29, 2017 12:01 UTC