The serial deportation of Nigerians continues as another 50 arrived yesterday from 8 European countries over immigration and drug related offences.
The countries are Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Hungary and Sweden.
The latest deportation is coming barely 48 hours after 40 Nigerians were deported for the same reasons from Italy and a week after 23 Nigerians were equally repatriated from the United Kingdom.
The latest deportees arrived the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, with a chartered aircraft with flight number P6-6991 at 7:40am.
The deportees comprised 47 males and three females. Three of the deportees were repatriated for drug related issues while 47 others were returned for other immigration offences.
Some of the 47 deportees either entered the Europe through fake documents, illegal channels while the others overstayed in the countries after the expiration of their visiting visas.
On arrival, the officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) at the airport profiled the deportees while those with criminal offences were handed over to the Nigeria Police for further prosecution.
The immigration official said: “Nigerians are nowadays regularly deported from different countries including some African countries. The rate is very alarming and another batch of Nigerians may be deported next week for same offences.”
Just in February 43 Nigerians were returned into the country from three European countries – Germany, Belgium and Italy.
