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Libya repatriated 369 irregular migrants to their home countries Nigeria and Mali, including more than one hundred women and children, an official told AFP.

Mohammed Baredaa, head of the Libyan interior ministry organization tasked with halting irregular migration, said two repatriation flights took place on Tuesday, transporting 204 Nigerians and 165 Malians.

He said that the flights were carried out “in coordination with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)”.

The UN agency provides free return flights to migrants and helps reintegrate them into their home countries with its “voluntary humanitarian return programme”.