Tripoli, March 18 -- Libya on Tuesday deported 177 Nigerian migrants, mostly women, as part of a voluntary repatriation program, the country's Illegal Migration Control Department said.
"Today, from the Deportation Office of the Illegal Migration Control Department, we voluntarily deported 177 female and some child migrants of Nigerian nationality via a flight from Tripoli Mitiga International Airport," deportation officer Mohamed Bred'a said.
The group included nine children and eight infants, Bred'a said, adding that further repatriation flights were planned this week and that deportations would continue.
"The deportation is humanitarian and voluntary, as part of the department's plan," he said.
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