Libyan path to Europe turns into dead end for desperate migrants

Violence and sexual assault is rife at detention centres across northern Libya, where many African migrants who dreamed of better lives are resigned to returning home

In the humanitarian horror that Libya has become, the migrant detention centre at Abu Salim is by no means the worst.

Migrant centres in this country, packed with thousands of people seized on the trafficking routes that criss-cross Libya, have become renowned for forced labour, beatings, torture and rape.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2hlMh6f

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