127 Gambians fly home in first Libya evacuation in months
Rescued migrants on May 7, 2018, stand onboard the Open Arms Yacht of Spanish based non-governmental organisation Proactiva, some 35 nautical miles off Libya coast. The United Nations' migration agency said a group of Gambian migrants stranded in Libya have been repatriated. FILE PHOTO | LOUISA GOULIAMAKI | AFP
A group of Gambian migrants stranded in Libya have been repatriated, the United Nations' migration agency said Friday, the first such evacuation flight in months.
"127 Gambian migrants were assisted to voluntarily return to The Gambia yesterday after IOM's Voluntary Humanitarian Return programme received clearance to resume humanitarian flights from #Libya," the International Organisation for Migration said in a tweet.
