164 Bangladeshis repatriated from war-torn Libya
About 164 Bangladeshis have been repatriated today in a chartered flight from war-torn Libya.
The UZ-218 flight of Buraq Air landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around 1:40pm, an on-duty official at the expatriates' welfare desk at the airport said.
The chartered flight left Libya's Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli yesterday around 8:10pm (local time), said the official.
Earlier in a social media post yesterday, Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli said the returnees include some individuals who were either injured or physically ill.
It said the returnees are Libya-based expatriates, who have been waiting a long time for their repatriation, and migrants rescued off the Libyan coast.
International Organization for Migration (IOM) supported the voluntary repatriation of the Bangladeshis, says the post.
The embassy said it has also completed registration of new groups of Bangladeshis who want to return home voluntarily. Their interviews with the IOM are done and so are their health check-ups.
Efforts are on to repatriate the Bangladeshis as early as possible, it added.
Libya was plunged into chaos when a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 toppled long time ruler Muammar Gaddafi, who was later killed.
The country has since split between rival east and west-based administrations, each backed by armed groups and foreign governments.
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