Xenophobia: Third Batch of Evacuated Nigerians Arrives Lagos
- On Tuesday, an Air Peace flight carrying 271 Nigerians landed at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, marking the third evacuation batch from South Africa ahead of the June 30 deadline.
- President Bola Tinubu approved the evacuation program earlier this month to facilitate voluntary returns ahead of planned anti-immigrant protests and a June 30 deadline issued by groups demanding foreign nationals leave South Africa.
- So far, 334 Nigerians have been evacuated in two previous batches, though reports indicate no fewer than 15,000 Nigerians remain stranded in South Africa amid rising tensions.
- Ahead of the deadline, Nigerian Union in South Africa President Smart Nwobi decried xenophobic attacks, confirming the recent death of a businessman known as Big Joe who was shot in Witbank.
- Foreign Affairs official Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu stated that evacuations will continue beyond the June 30 deadline to ensure no Nigerian citizen "who wants to come back to our home country is left behind.
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Xenophobia: Third batch of evacuated Nigerians arrives Lagos
The third batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa has arrived in Lagos as part of the Federal Government’s ongoing evacuation programme. The Air Peace flight carrying about 271 evacuees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport shortly before 11 a.m on Tuesday. Recall that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, on Monday said the third batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa would arrive in Lagos on Tue…
Xenophobia: Returnees count losses as FG evacuates 269 more Nigerians from S/Africa
Nigerians returning from South Africa Heartbreak and tales of monumental loss trailed the arrival of 269 Nigerians at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Tuesday, as some say the returned home practically empty handed following rising anti immigration tensions in South Africa. Despite assurances of immediate support and long term reintegration from the Federal Government, many of the returnees recounted the heavy …
Air Peace Total Evacuees from South Africa Reach 533
By: Francis Onyemachi Nigerian airline Air Peace airlifted 271 more Nigerians from South Africa on Tuesday, completing a second evacuation flight as Abuja moves to bring home citizens caught up in xenophobic tensions in the country. The Boeing 777-200 wide-body aircraft departed Johannesburg and landed at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport at around 10:35 a.m. local time, taxiing to the Cargo and Hajj Terminal, where returnees went th…
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