Libya deports 165 migrants to Nigeria

Libyan authorities have deported 165 illegal migrants to Nigeria, including 90 women and 9 children, the spokesman for the Anti-Illegal Migration Agency in Libya, Haitham Belkacem said.

Belkacem told Agence France-Presse that the migrants were deported through Mitiga International Airport on board a plane belonging to the Libyan private airline, adding that other flights are scheduled to be organized next week to Nigeria.

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