![]() ![]() “There has been a 100-fold increase in interest in this after the simple gesture Pogba made,” IOM online communications chief Itayi Viriri told Goal. May Allah be by your side and may this cruelty come to an end,” Pogba posted on Instagram. ![]() “While very happy to be back, my prayers go to those suffering slavery in Libya. The issue has received international attention, partly due to the influence of star football player Paul Pogba on Instagram. Like many gay men growing up in rural areas, he knew he had to relocate to the big city to find other gay men and start living openly, as himself. The auctions are reminiscent of one of the darkest chapters in human history, when millions of Africans were uprooted, enslaved, trafficked and auctioned to the highest bidder.” Hailing from the city of Battambang in northwestern Cambodia, he experienced anti-gay discrimination and bullying in his teenage years. “It is now clear that slavery is an outrageous reality in Libya. In a statement, the United Nations has called for “urgent action to end trade in enslaved people.” Some were drinking while others were smoking hashish in open windows, looking down into the street of the. “I go back and start back from square one. The 20-odd men who had come to the party were expecting a dancing boy, or bacha bereesh. He was then held by Libyan authorities, prior to his relocation back to Nigeria. Having been sold into slavery in Libya, he was released after his family paid ransom. Migrants who become slaves and are rescued are generally forced to return home empty-handed.ĬNN told the story of a man named Victory, who left Nigeria for Libya, intending to travel to Europe for a better life. According to the UN, there are approximately 700,000 migrants in Libya. Those stranded in Libya are forced into slavery by people smugglers. The European Union’s decision to tighten its borders has also contributed to a backlog of migrants and refugees in Libya. Some migrants who couldn’t pay were reportedly killed, or left to starve to death.”Ī crackdown on people smuggling by the Libyan coast guard has led to an oversupply of refugee passengers expecting to be smuggled, by boat, into Europe. “He described dreadful sanitary conditions, and food offered only once per day. In a statement, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) recently recounted the story of an unnamed Senegalese migrant sold into slavery.Īccording to the IOM, the migrant “described being ‘bought’ and then being brought to his first ‘prison,’ a private home where more than 100 migrants were held as hostages.” However, “there are believed to be many more.” “Within minutes it is all over and the men, utterly resigned to their fate, are being handed over to their new ‘masters,’” CNN reported.ĬNN was informed of the location of nine auctions. “Does anybody need a digger? This is a digger, a big strong man, he’ll dig,” one salesman said. Twelve Nigerian men were sold at the auction. Referred to as “merchandise,” the men being sold into slavery were migrants and refugees. There, they secretly filmed an auction outside the Libyan capital of Tripoli. 400? 700? 800?”ĬNN traveled to Libya to verify the authenticity of the footage. The footage shows an auctioneer standing in front of a group of young men, shouting: “Big strong boys for farm work. Footage released by CNN shows men being sold at an auction in Libya.
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