The European Union is working with Libyan coastguards to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. But many of those intercepted end up in detention centres in Libya, where some migrants say they are used as slaves, as the BBC's Stephanie Hegarty found when she spoke to some Nigerians who have just returned home.
This man called Agen Akhere tells is story to BBC and gives us a feel of the pain and suffering people are going through in Libya 🇱🇾
How detainees horrifically abused by prison guards, starved, beaten, raped - and traded as slaves. Force them to do jobs like farming, brick-laying work against their wishes, men like you and me being beaten with iron bars and tied with barbed wires.
Many people are dying there day and night. From different circumstances e.g malnutrition, hard labour, cold weather, some have even giving up on life to learn more please go to the link below
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