Photos: Joy as returnee migrants unite with family, friends in Edo

It was a great joy for a returnee migrant brought home from Libya to the embrace of relatives in Benin, capital of Edo State. Over 400 Nigerian migrants that voluntarily returned from Libya, more than half have returned to Edo State, where a large number of them came from, after being stranded in the volatile North African country en route (to) Europe. Returnee migrant Unity brought home from Libya sits to reunite with family members in Benin, capital of Edo State Out of over 400 

Nigerian migrants that voluntarily returned from Libya, more than half have returned to Edo State, where a large number of them came from, after being stranded in the volatile North African country en route (to) Europe. / AFP PHOTO Motivational speaker Alex Ihama speaks to returnee migrants brought home from Libya as part of rehabilitation process being packaged for the returnees by the state government in Benin, capital of Edo State in midwest Nigeria on December 7, 2017. Out of over 400 Nigerian migrants that voluntarily returned from Libya, more than half have returned to Edo State, where a large number of them came from, after being stranded in the volatile 

North African country en route (to) Europe. / AFP PHOTO Returnee migrant Unity (C) brought home from Libya sits reunited with family members in Benin, capital of Edo State Relatives raise hands to celebrate returnee of migrant Jeremiah Adelu (R) brought home from Libya in Benin, capital of Edo State in midwest Nigeria on December 7, 2017. Returnee migrant Jeremiah Adelu (2nd R) brought home from Libya is embraced by relatives in Benin, capital of Edo State in midwest Nigeria on December 7, 2017. A returnee migrant (C) brought home from Libya is embraced by relatives in Benin, capital of Edo State in midwest Nigeria on December 7, 2017. Out of over 400 Nigerian migrants that voluntarily returned from Libya, more than half have returned to Edo State, where a large number of them came from, after being stranded in the volatile North African country en route (to) Europe. / AFP PHOTO