Migrants from West Africa are being bought and sold in a modern-day version of a slave market in Libya.
Survivors of the trade have recently come forwards and told their story to a UN agency who is helping them to return home.
Although trafficked people that were passing through Libya have reported occurrences of violence, extortion and slave labour in the past, the newfound information from the International Organization for Migration suggests that slavery has become a standard occurrence that is therefore not being concealed.
Mohammed Abdiker, IOM’s head of operation and emergencies said:
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Survivors of the trade have recently come forwards and told their story to a UN agency who is helping them to return home.
Although trafficked people that were passing through Libya have reported occurrences of violence, extortion and slave labour in the past, the newfound information from the International Organization for Migration suggests that slavery has become a standard occurrence that is therefore not being concealed.
Mohammed Abdiker, IOM’s head of operation and emergencies said:
