Nigerian migrants flown home from LibyaLibyan authorities on Thursday flew home 159 Nigerian migrants stranded after failing to reach Europe, in the second such voluntary repatriation operation this week. IOM head William Lacy Swing, who was in Tripoli on Wednesday, visited a reception centre for migrants accompanied by the UN special envoy for Libya, Martin Kobler. “We can no longer turn our back on the communities affected by the current migration crisis” in Libya, said Swing, who met with Libyan officials. Kobler said it was “a humanitarian imperative” to improve the living conditions of migrants and help with repatriations. A group of 150 nationals of the Ivory Coast, gathered from detention centres around Libya, were flown home on Tuesday.

Source: Libya Today March 23, 2017 15:11 UTC