Dhaka, April 12 -- The Government of Bangladesh, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has successfully repatriated 167 Bangladeshi nationals from Libya-most of whom had been detained for attempting to migrate through irregular means.
The returnees included 16 individuals who voluntarily opted to return from Benghazi and surrounding areas, along with 151 who had been held at the Ganfouda Detention Centre. They arrived in Dhaka early Thursday morning aboard a chartered flight operated by Buraq Air.
This repatriation was facilitated through the coordinated efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, the Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli, and the International Organization for Migratio...