The UN-International Organisation on Migration says it has been involved in the evacuation of 12,974 irregular migrants from other countries back to Nigeria in the last two years.
The Public Information Officer of the organisation in Nigeria, Mr Jorge Galindo, disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with theGalindo spoke on the sidelines of a media dialogue with Nigerian editors and heads of media establishments.
On the European Union/IOM Joint Initiative on Migration, Galindo said that their aim was to bring back about 13,000 irregular migrants trapped in Libya and other African countries back to Nigeria. “We assist migrants returning from Libya, Mali and other countries by providing them with assistance, protection and channel them through appropriate integration programmes.
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