Thirty-six Nigerians have been deported from four European countries in a joint operation that saw 41 people flown to Nigeria and Ghana on Thursday, August 27.
Three Nigerians were deported from Austria, 29 from Germany, two from Luxembourg and one from Hungary.
The deportees were flown out on a charter flight between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, with Lagos and Accra listed as the destinations.
Germany organised the operation, with Austria, Luxembourg and Hungary participating in the charter deportation.
Germany accounted for the largest number of deportees, with 35 people on board, comprising 29 Nigerians, five Ghanaians and one Gambian.
One of the three Nigerians deported from Austria had previously been convicted of drug-related offences, the report said.
Austria’s Interior Minister, Gerhard Karner, said the government would continue deporting illegal residents and criminal offenders.
“The negative net migration is being continued through a consistent deportation policy. Never before have so many illegal residents and criminal offenders been removed from the country by Austrian authorities as in the first half of this year. We will continue on this necessary path undeterred,” Karner said.
The latest deportation comes after Germany deported 137 Nigerians in five chartered flights between February and June 2026.
The five flights saw 27 Nigerians deported in February, 37 in March, 24 in April, 23 in May and 26 in June.
The latest operation comes as European countries continue deporting foreign nationals who have no legal right to remain in their territories or have been convicted of offences.
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