At least, 13 of the 19 Nigerians being detained in various camps in Poland have been released.
Report had it that their release followed the intervention of the Nigeria Ambassador to Poland, Maj. Gen. Christian Ugwu (retd.).
A statement, on Wednesday, by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, read that they were released following the intervention of the Nigerian Ambassador to Poland, Major General Christian Ugwu (retd.).
The statement quoted Ugwu as saying that one of the six persons remaining at the detention camps claimed to be a Cameroonian.
It read, “Unfortunately, the remaining five, all applied for international protection (asylum) in Poland, including Igwe Ikechukwu Christian, who had been interviewed by some foreign media.
“They cannot be released until the Government of Poland takes a decision on their application or they decide to withdraw the application.”
It stated that the mission would continue to do its best to ensure that the interest of Nigerians were well taken care of despite the fact that they had been adequately warned of the likely consequences of being left as undocumented immigrants in Poland.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had, in March, approved the immediate evacuation of Nigerians, mostly students trapped in Ukraine following Russia’a invasion of the country.
The directive was carried out by the inter-ministerial agencies coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with over 1,600 Nigerians brought back home.
However, some of the Nigerians chose to stay back and were clamped into detention centres in Poland.
