Tag: migrants
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Over 3,000 migrants rescued on Mediterranean Sea on Thursday – IOM
No fewer than 3,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has said. The UN migration agency also reported that more than a dozen rescue operations were underway in the area. IOM spokesperson Joel Millman said on Friday that 2,139 migrants were rescued on May…
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FG set to evacuate another set of Nigerians from Libya
The Federal Government is to evacuate another set of Nigerian from Libya in February, Deputy Director, Search and Rescue, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Dr Bandele Onimode, has said. Onimode said this on Tuesday in Abuja when he led a delegation to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora (SSAPFAD),…