Nigeria: 7 in 10 Nigerian Libyan Returnees Trafficked

21 November 2017

Lagos — At least seven in 10 people-many of them Nigerians-who arrived on Italian shores this year from Libya were victims of human trafficking, according to the Migration Enlightenment Project Nigeria (MEPN), a German-based group campaigning against illegal migration.

The group has called on Nigeria to make tougher laws against human trafficking after the drowning deaths of 26 Nigerian women on the Mediterranean on November 5.

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