Libya: Migrant Returnees Recount Experiences in Libya

Gambians have accounted for about one in 20 migrants arriving in Italy in recent years, making it the country with the highest number of migrants per capita reaching Europe. A total of 2,368 Gambian migrants who were en route to Europe through Libya, have voluntarily returned home from February 2017 to February 2018, according to International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports.

The facilitation of the returnees' coming by IOM and partners, came high on the heels of reports that Africans are sold as slaves in the North African country.

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