Another
set of 175 Nigerians who voluntarily agreed to be deported
from Libya Tuesday arrived the cargo section of the Muritala
Muhammed International Airport, Lagos aboard a chartered
Nouvelair aircraft with registration number TS-INA.
The
aircraft carrying the returnees, made up of of
34 males, 122 females, 10 children and nine infants, arrived late
and the deportees were profiled late into the night by the various
security agencies at the Airport.
They
were assisted back to Nigeria by the International Organisation for
Migration (IOM9) and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya. And were
received at the Hajj Camp area of the airport by officers of the
Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) , the National Agency for the
Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Police.
Also present
were officials of the National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
Addressing
newsmen, Air Commodore Paul Ohemu, Director, Search and Rescue,
NEMA, said “the agency in collaboration with the IOM was
working to stem irregular migration and return stranded Nigerians
from Libya”.
Ohemu
advised Nigerians to stay back and contribute their quota to the
socio-economic development of the country.
According
to him,"There are a lot of things you can do in Nigeria here.
You don't have to travel outside the country in search of greener
pastures. My advice to parents is to keep tab on their children and
to ensure that they know where their children are going to and not
to be deceived by phantom promises," he said.
Ohemu further
said NEMA and some state governments had put various schemes in
place to help rehabilitate and reintegrate the returnees into the
society.
Also
speaking, Mr Joseph Famakinwa, Zonal Director, NAPTIP, Lagos Zone,
said the Federal Government had intensified efforts to curb human
trafficking and bring traffickers to book.
"NAPTIP
has sent 315 Nigerians to prison for human trafficking with a total
conviction of 265”, he said.
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