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Title: Migrants are being sold at open slave markets in Libya
Post by: rangerrebew on April 12, 2017, 11:03:45 am

Migrants are being sold at open slave markets in Libya
Vulnerable refugees from West Africa often arrive in the country with no money and no papers.

    Brendan Cole
    By Brendan Cole
    Updated April 11, 2017 16:14 BST
 
Migrants from West Africa are being openly traded in "public slave markets" across Libya.

As a departure point for refugees trying to get to Europe, migrants arriving in Libya from sub-Saharan Africa are particularly vulnerable due to a lack of money and little in the way of documentation.

Survivors have told the International Organization for Migration (IOM) how there are slave markets and private prisons all over Libya.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/migrants-are-being-sold-open-slave-markets-libya-1616492