The Libyan authorities have deported 80 Nigerian migrants held in various detention centres across the country as part of ongoing efforts to curb irregular migration and ease overcrowding in holding facilities.
The repatriation exercise, coordinated through Mitiga International Airport on Wednesday, was carried out by the Department for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM) in collaboration with the Nigerian Consulate in Tripoli.
According to Migrant Rescue Watch, a group monitoring migrant welfare and human rights in Libya, the deportation followed judicial directives issued by the Libyan Judicial Police.
“Judicial Police Dept., on orders of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, transferred a group of undocumented migrant females of Nigerian nationality to DCIM custody in Tripoli. All females were served with judicial deportation orders and are awaiting deportation,” the organisation said in a statement posted on X.
The deportees included migrants who had been previously transferred under judicial orders.
The statement said the Libyan authorities in collaboration with Nigerian consular support, repatriated the 80 migrants of Nigerian nationality via Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli.
