Gambia: IOM Facilitates Voluntary Return of Gambians From Libya, Niger

IOM facilitated voluntary returnees; the highest number of Gambian migrants supported in a single day (Photo IOMRobertKovacs)

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on May 19th 2022, facilitated the voluntary humanitarian return of 148 Gambian migrants stranded in Libya through a return flight, and another 45 through a commercial flight from Niger.

According to IOM, this represents the highest number of Gambian migrants assisted with voluntary return in a single day, since IOM opened a…