The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos Operations Office, along with other stakeholders, received 203 vulnerable Nigerian returnees from Libya on Monday. According to a statement released on NEMA’s official X handle on Tuesday, the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Cargo Terminal in Lagos. The agency stated that the returnees arrived at 19:00 hours aboard an Al Buraq Boeing chartered flight with registration number 5A-BAC. The statement read, “The returnees comprised 50 males, 96 females, 29 Children and 28 infants. They (returnees) were offered necessary assistance by the International Organisation for Migration with the support of NEMA, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Offices, the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Department of State Services, the Port Health Services and the Nigeria Police Force.” NEMA also noted that there were two medical cases among the returnees. “There were two medical cases, and the patients were transferred to New Ikeja Hospitals for treatment,” the statement said. Following their arrival, the returnees underwent mandatory profiling and biometric procedures. “After the mandatory profiling and biometric exercise, the returnees were moved to Igando Internally Displaced Persons resettlement centre for further reintegration programme,” the agency stated.
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