The Federal Government of Somalia has repatriated 171 Somali nationals, including minors, who had been detained in prisons across Libya.
The citizens arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday following repatriation efforts by the Somali government in collaboration with the United Nations migration agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Several Somali cabinet ministers, including the Ministers of Interior and Health, welcomed the returnees upon their arrival in the capital.
Many Somalis attempting to reach European countries through irregular migration routes remain detained in Libyan prisons and detention centres, where they face harsh living conditions.
The Federal Government recently announced that it had repatriated more than 1,000 Somali nationals detained in Libyan prisons since the beginning of this year.
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