34 Nigerians deported from 6 European Countries

No fewer than 34 Nigerians were deported on Wednesday from six European countries over immigration-related offences.

The deportees were sent back home from Switzerland,  Germany, Iceland, Austria, Belgium and Hungary, it was gathered.

They arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA) Lagos at about 6.30am, according to officials who received the deportees aboard a chartered Airblue Panorama aircraft.

The deportees comprised 32 males and two females, it was gathered.

They arrived barely 48 hours after some 170 Nigerians were repatriated from Libya.

They were received by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the Police, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), among others.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Airport Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, in a text message confirmed that all the deportees were repatriated for immigration related offences.

It was learnt that all the deportees were allowed to go to their various destinations after profiling by the immigration officials at the airport.

This would be the third time in 2017 that Nigerians would be deported from Europe apart from the deportations from other African countries.