In Libya, migrants pay smugglers to get them to Europe. “If it isn’t a buy and sell then what is it?”In Libya’s Bani Walid, refugees describe washing once a week, with five people showering together. In April 2019, Hani got a call from his brother, who said he was being held in an underground “prison” in Bani Walid. A WhatsApp audio message from Bani Walid, sent around last year, asked for a $17,500 payment for each of a group of 150 Somalis. The latest survivor to die was a teenager released from Bani Walid this month, according to other refugees in Tripoli.

Source: The Irish Times April 11, 2020 04:52 UTC