“Dead-dead”: Trapped in the Human Trafficking Cycle in Libya

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Abstract

In Libya, Eritrean migrants and refugees find themselves in vulnerable situations. With no legal status or viable options, and limited access to information, migrants and refugees are pushed into dangerous situations, making them easy prey for traffickers and others seeking to exploit them. Sold, sold-on, used for forced labour and prostitution, and tortured for ransom, these migrants and refugees become trapped in a cycle of abuse and exploitation that is hard to escape and is best understood as a human trafficking cycle.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnslaved.
Subtitle of host publicationTrapped and Trafficked in Digital Black Holes: Human Trafficking Trajectories to Libya.
EditorsMirjam Van Reisen, Munyaradzi Mawere, Klara Smits, Morgane Wirtz
Place of PublicationBamenda
PublisherLangaa RPCIG
Chapter14
Pages627-668
Number of pages42
ISBN (Print)9789956553129
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

Publication series

NameConnected and Mobile: Migration and Human Trafficking in Africa
PublisherLangaa RPCIG
Volume5

Keywords

  • Human trafficking
  • Refugees
  • Trajectories
  • Smugglers
  • Drivers
  • migration
  • Detention
  • Borders
  • Libya
  • Human Trafficking Cycle
  • Mediterranean Sea

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