Abstract
After the legitimisation of some militias as enforcers and coast guards, the landscape of human smuggling and trafficking in Libya has changed drastically. The trafficking networks have gone underground and profit-making has become less about moving people across the Mediterranean Sea and more about human trafficking for ransom and forced labour. Refugees are kept in warehouse, abused and commoditised, sold and extorted for ransom. The almost total control of digital technology by ‘gatekeepers’ keeps the refugees in a ‘black hole’, which plays a vital role in the repression and human trafficking of refugees in Libya.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Mobile Africa |
| Subtitle of host publication | Human Trafficking and the Digital Divide |
| Place of Publication | Bamenda, Cameroon |
| Publisher | Langaa RPCIG |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pages | 261-293 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789956551132 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Connected and Mobile: Migration and Human Trafficking in Africa |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Langaa |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- Human Trafficking
- Human smuggling
- Libya
- Eritrean refugees
- gatekeepers
- digital technology
- militia
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