“The latest reports of ‘slave markets’ for migrants can be added to a long list of outrages [in Libya],” said Mohammed Abdiker, IOM’s head of operation and emergencies. “The men on the pick-up were brought to a square, or parking lot, where a kind of slave trade was happening. “Several other migrants confirmed his story, independently describing kinds of slave markets as well as kinds of private prisons all over in Libya,” Manente said. Many other migrants flee Libya with similar stories, said Giuseppe Loprete, chief of mission at IOM Niger. “Tragically, the most credible messengers are migrants returning home with IOM help,” said spokesman Leonard Doyle.

Source: The Guardian April 10, 2017 18:43 UTC