400 Nigerians Deported From UAE Arrive Abuja Airport

A group of four hundred Nigerian citizens, recently deported from the United Arab Emirates, have arrived in the country.

According to a report from the Nigerian Television Authority, the deportees were welcomed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja by officials from the Office of the National Security Adviser, working alongside the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, the National Emergency Management Agency, and various other pertinent organizations.

“Four hundred Nigerians, including 90 females and 310 males, have been deported from the United Arab Emirates back to Nigeria.

“They were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the office of the National Security Adviser in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and other stakeholders,” the news media noted via its official account on X.

On July 16, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) announced the repatriation of 190 Nigerians to their home country, with another 250 anticipated to return in the near future.

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman and CEO of NiDCOM, shared this information during her visit to Ambassador Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria.

This visit took place shortly after the UAE lifted its visa restrictions on Nigerian citizens.

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