Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Another 172 Bangladeshis detained in Libya are returning home, with their flight expected to land at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 6am on Thursday.

The Bangladesh Embassy in Libya said in a statement on Wednesday that the returnees had been repatriated from the city of Misrata with assistance from the embassy and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

They are travelling on a flight operated by Libyan private airline Buraq Air.

The Bangladeshis are returning voluntarily from dangerous and precarious conditions, the statement said. Eighteen of them are ill.

Before their departure, Bangladesh Ambassador to Libya Maj Gen Habib Ullah met the returnees in Misrata.

During a pre-departure briefin...