Traffickers kill 12 migrants trying to flee Libya camp
- Some migrants have been killed in Libya
- The migrants were reportedly shot dead by the traffickers for trying to escape from detention camps
- The incident occurred on May 23 in the town of Bani Walid, 170 kilometres (110 miles) southeast of Tripoli
Twelve migrants have been shot dead by some traffickers while trying to escape from a camp in Libya, the United Nations said on Friday, June 1.
Vanguard reports that the migrants who were mainly subjected to torture and abuse were shot dead by their traffickers.
Doctors Without Borders said that the incident occurred on May 23 in the town of Bani Walid, 170 kilometres (110 miles) southeast of Tripoli.
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Bani Walid is a transit point for migrants aiming to reach Europe by boat from the coast further north.
The United Nations in a statement said many people were also injured after over 200 Ethiopians, Somali's and Eritreans held captive tried to escape.
“Human traffickers in Libya reportedly killed more than a dozen people and wounded many others after a group of some 200 Eritreans, Ethiopians and Somalis, being held captive, attempted to escape.
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“The survivors spoke of torture abuse and exploitation at the hands of traffickers - some being held in captivity for up to three years,” the UN refugee agency said in the statement.
It was gathered that some of the traffickers and kidnappers of the migrants move around various detention camps in the centre of the town. They call families and relatives of the migrants demanding ransom before they can release their victims.
“This latest deadly incident demonstrates, once again, the huge challenge of providing protection to refugees in Libya, where many people fleeing war and persecution fall prey to criminal networks,” UN said.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) had said that 540 Nigerians will be deported from Libya starting from Friday, August 10.
The director general of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, while speaking at the inauguration of the North-West Zonal command office of the agency in Osogbo, Osun state said the deportees will arrive in three batches of 180 each.
Okah-Donli also said more than 2,000 Nigerians were being deported from various parts of the world for different migration offences.
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