¤Every year thousands of migrants and refugees try to reach Europe by boat via Libya. European governments accept only small numbers of refugees evacuated from Libya by the United Nations. Thousands of people like Abdi, who pass through Libya or remain there today, have similar stories. They entered Libya, and new escorts appeared: local gunmen in pickups, hired by the smugglers to act as guards. After that, he was merely confined to the smuggler’s compound.

Source: Libya Today December 21, 2019 13:30 UTC