Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- A total of 174 undocumented Bangladeshi nationals voluntarily returned home from Libya early Tuesday.

They arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:40am on a Buraq Airlines flight from Tripoli.

The return was facilitated by the Libyan government and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in coordination with Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment and the Bangladesh Embassy in Libya.

Most of the returnees reportedly entered Libya after being lured by human traffickers, intending to travel to Europe illegally by sea.

Many of them allegedly experienced kidnapping and torture at different times while in Libya.

Officials f...