The United Nations migration agency (IOM) said it supported a group of 129 Sudanese migrants who arrived back in Sudan from Libya.
In a statement dated 8 August, IOM said it worked with Libyan and Sudanese authorities to facilitate their voluntary return via an IOM charter flight.
“The migrants were welcomed at Khartoum International airport by the Secretariat for Sudanese Working Abroad (SSWA) and IOM. The joint team conducted arrival registration and provided hygiene kits, which include sanitary items for women, and refreshments to the returning migrants. The IOM medical team also conducted a rapid health screening and attended to urgent medical cases,” partly reads the statement.
IOM’s return assistance under the Joint Initiative uses an integrated approach to reintegration that address returnees’ economic, social and psychosocial needs, while fostering the inclusion of communities of return in reintegration planning and support whenever possible.
“We welcome these migrants back home. As they begin a new chapter in life, IOM and its partners will work tirelessly to provide the required assistance to support their return home,” said Andrew Gray, IOM Sudan Head of Migration Management and Development Unit.
The agency said this return assistance is part of the EU-funded Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration which facilitates orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration management through the development of rights-based and development-focused policies and processes on protection and sustainable reintegration.