ALBAWABA - As part of an UN-backed voluntary return scheme, the Libyan government repatriated 161 Nigerian migrants back to their country, as North African countries witness a spike in irregular migration. Interior Minister Imed Trabelsi of the UN-recognized administration based in the western parts of Libya, had met with the Nigerian migrants before they left the country. "We cannot bear the burden of clandestine migration alone without international support", he told reporters at the airport. The migrants were received at the Cargo terminal of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Nigerian migrants returned "willingly"Nigerian embassy adviser in Libya Samuel Okeri said the group of 161 was “not forced back” home.
