An ongoing crackdown on undocumented migrants and efforts to ease congestion in detention centres across Libya has led to the deportation of 80 Nigerians.
According to authorities, the deported were detained in different holding facilities across the country.
The repatriation was carried out on Wednesday through Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, and coordinated by Libya’s Department for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM) in collaboration with the Nigerian Consulate.
Confirming the development in an X post, Migrant Rescue Watch, a group monitoring migrant rights and welfare in Libya, said that the deportation was executed following directives from the Libyan Judicial Police.
It stated; “Judicial Police Dept. on orders of 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 order and are awaiting deportation.
“#Libya 11.11.25 – DCIM with Nigerian consular support, repatriated 80 migrants of Nigerian nationality via Mitiga Int. Airport in Tripoli. The group includes migrants transferred by the Judicial Police who were served with judicial deportation order.”
