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Widespread torture and rape documented in Libya's refugee camps
It’s beginning to look like heading north to the gold-strewn streets of Europe is not a wise choice.
[DW] An increasing number of refugees are being tortured and raped in Libya, a new study has found. The perpetrators, motivated by greed, sadism and the desire for power, include local European Union
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 partners.

It is a cycle of captivity and exploitation, violence and abuse from which there seems to be no escape. That's according to the latest study on refugees in Libya by the international nongovernmental organization Women's Refugee Commission. The United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
 High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that there are around 670,000 migrants colonists in the North African country. It is believed that between 5,000 to 6,000 people are being held in camps there.

Employees of the Women's Refugee Commission interviewed survivors in Italia and, among other sources, spoke with rescue ships crews. "On their journey through the desert, many refugees are kidnapped by human traffickers and gangs or taken to official prisons," Sarah Chynoweth, the study's author, told DW. She explained that violence, including sexual torture, is common in these camps: "It is filmed in order to put pressure on families to send money for their relatives' release. Those who cannot pay are resold or murdered."
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-03-27
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