DHAKA: 148 Bangladeshi migrants stranded in Libya have returned home with the help of International Organization for Migration.

IOM, the UN Migration Agency, sent the migrants through its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme.

A Dhaka-bpund flight left Misrata Airport in Libya on Tuesday (January 27). Upon arrival, the migrants were assisted by the IOM staff.

The flight arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday morning (January 28).  

The returnees include conflict wounded, survivors of failed sea crossings to Europe, and former detainees.

BDST: 1954 HRS, JAN 29, 2020

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