DHAKA: Greek Cyprus handed over a sum of 51 illegal Bangladeshi migrants to Bangladesh immigration police early Friday.

Airport sources said that a special flight of AZI-628 carrying the migrants arrived at Shahjalal International Airport amid tight security at around 3:20am.

Later, they were handed over to immigration police at airport.

The migrants were went to the country through student and travel visa and stayed illegally there for three to twelve years, said sources concerned.  

Most of them remained in detention in Cyprus jail.

Immigration police super Nabiul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.

BDST: 1240 HRS, DEC 20, 2013
Edited by: SM. Mostafijur Rahman Nasim, Newsroom Editor/ Rubaiat Saky, Senior Newsroom Editor