At least 41 Nigerians were on Thursday deported from six European countries for immigration and related offences.

The deportees came from Austria, Germany, Hungry, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark.

A Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) source said the deportees comprised 35 males and six females.

A Boeing 767-300series, Privilege Air with the registration number ECLZO from Austria that brought the deportees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at 12:05 p.m.

The immigration source said the 41 people were deported for overstaying in the European countries.

They were picked from different cities in the six countries.