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Nigeria flies migrants home from Libya after slavery scare

"The situation in Libya, of people being sold into slavery, is appalling and unacceptable. We will do everything to protect our citizens wherever they might be"

LAGOS, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Nigeria's president said on Wednesday the government had started bringing stranded citizens home from Libya after a global outcry over reports that migrants there were being sold into slavery.

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