“A recent clampdown by the Libyan coastguard means fewer boats are making it out to sea, leaving the smugglers with a backlog of would-be passengers on their hands. So the smugglers become masters, the migrants and refugees become slaves.”
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/libya-migrant-auctions/index.html
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