Some 50 Nigerians were on Thursday deported from eight European countries for committing immigration-related offences.The Nigerians were deported from Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Spain and Hungary.Their deportation is coming barely 48 hours after another set of 40
Nigerians were deported by the Italian Government, for similar reasons.The fresh batch of deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA), Lagos at about 7.36 a.m.The deportees, comprising of 48 males and two females, were brought
back in a chartered Privileged Time aircraft, with registration number
EC-L20.DSP Joseph Alabi, spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, confirmed the development to NAN.Alabi said: “this morning, we received 50 Nigerians who were brought back from Europe.“We had three males from Switzerland; from Germany, we had seven
males; from Sweden, we had four males, from Luxembourg, we had six
males; from Austria, we had 18, comprising of 17 males and one female.“From Belgium, we had only one female; from Spain, we had five males
and finally from Hungary, we had six males, which makes it a total of
50,’’ he said.Alabi said all the deportees were alleged to have committed immigration-related offences in their host countries.Alabi said the deportees were received by officers of the Nigerian
Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Police.Also on ground to receive them were officials the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA).NAN gathered that the deportees were profiled by immigration
authorities and were allowed to depart to their various destinations.
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