The returnees had been flown in on a government-arranged evacuation flight operated below the coordination of the Ministry of Overseas Affairs and related businesses.
The primary group of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa has arrived in Lagos, following weeks of rising xenophobic assaults that triggered a government-coordinated repatriation train.
The returnees, totalling 262, arrived on Wednesday on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport ( Cargo Airport) aboard a specifically organized evacuation flight, a part of efforts by the federal authorities to deliver house residents affected by the unrest.
The flight landed at about 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
Officers from the Ministry of Overseas Affairs and different businesses had been on floor to obtain the evacuees, who’re anticipated to endure profiling earlier than being reunited with their households.
Extra batches of a Nigerian returnees are anticipated to reach, however the precise quantity and time of arrival are but to be recognized.
At the least 5 African international locations together with Nigeria have evacuated their residents from South Africa following the newest wave of xenophobic assaults there.
Others are Ghana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Malawi.
The violence and anti-immigrant protests in several elements of the nation reignited the worrisome development that has endured for many years. Assaults on African migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers made the UN predict that South Africa was “on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence” in 2022.
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