One of the Libyan migrants who arrived home Wednesday night has
told Starr News that he was sold by a fellow Ghanaian in the
Northern
African country.
About one hundred and twenty-seven (127) Ghanaian migrants
returned from Libya with one in a critical condition.
The migrants were brought in by two flights, Air Libya and Afrikia
Airways after they were rescued from detention centres in Libya
following reports of slave trade of migrants in the country.
Speaking to Starr News’ Eric Mawuena Egbeta who monitored at the
Kotoka International airport as the flights touch base, the visibly
distressed returnee said the experience is so harrowing he would
not
want to imagine again.
“What I found myself in Libya, I wouldn’t wish for even my worst
enemy, we were sold like bread by our own fellow Ghanaians. And it
was a very disheartening experience. We went through the desert
and
some of us disappeared without a trace and others were shot and
killed, luckily for some of us, we were able to escape and were
arrested and brought to the deportation centre”.
The footage of men being auctioned off as slaves in Libya has been
met with outrage and the UN Secretary-General has called on the
international community to “unite in fighting this scourge”.
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