@Regrann from @nikkilaoye - #Update #TheLibyaSituation #SwipeForMorePics: This is @NikkiLaoye Reporting for NCFRMI as the NCFRMI Southwest Voice of Refugees and IDPs/Founder of Angel 4 Life Foundation. . . "It’s a very sad, appalling situation indeed about this Libya Slave Trade and The Federal Government via NCFRMI @ncfrmi_sw in conjunction with the IOM has been getting Nigerians out from Libya since last year. Most of them were deceived to migrate illegally from Nigeria through the desert in a bid to get to Europe. And the government is bringing in more Nigerians this night 28th of Nov, 2017. . I will be there myself. . . A total of 3,480 young Nigerians, mostly girls, were returned from Libya in the last 10 months, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) has confirmed. The NCRMI South-West Zonal Director, Mrs Magret Ukegbu confirms, that the returnees were received from Feb. 1 to Nov. 6. Ukegbu said that the commission had been working with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other relevant organisations in receiving the returnees. . . “From February to the first week of this month of November, we have received about 3,480 young Nigerian returnees from Libya. “These young Nigerians, mostly girls from age 14, were received in different weeks during the period. “We have found out that the IOM, European Union (EU), Dutch and Swiss governments are involved in the return of these Nigerians from Libya,’’ she said. She said that some of the young people returned with pregnancy. According to her, there are more than 12,000 young Nigerians in prisons or stranded in different parts of Libya. Ukegbu expressed worry at the situation. She said that the commission was working to ensure durable integration of the returnees into the Nigerian society. “The commission believes that it is not enough to receive these young Nigerians; it is important that they are urgently given the needed mentoring, training & rehabilitation . #NCFRMI #Angel4LifeFoundation #SlaveAuction #CaringForTheDisplaced #Libya #LibyaSlaveTrade Cc: @alibabagcfr @yemialade @tiwasavage
