Is it true that Libya shocked the "slave auction"?

"800,900,1000,1100 ...", the auctioneer shouted in the video. The final auction was sold at the price of 1200 Libyan dinars, about $800. But what was auctioned was not a used car, a piece of land or a piece of furniture, not any commodity, but two people.

According to CNN, this is a "slave auction" in Libya. Slave auction, which sounds far away in modern society, still exists in this world.

According to the article on the website of the Ministry of Commerce of China, Libya, the place where this "slave auction" took place, ranked first in North Africa in the first global "slave index" in 20 13 years. There are about 17693 people living in slavery-like conditions in Libya, and the actual number may be as high as 19000.

A man was auctioned off on the grounds that he was "strong enough to work on a farm" and was afraid to make them doubt everyone they met.

In this video obtained by CNN, an unidentified man was auctioned from Zznja, Nigeria. He looks more than twenty years old, wearing a white shirt and a pair of sweatpants. The auctioneer said that he was auctioned because he was "physically strong and suitable for farm work".

After watching this "slave auction" video, CCN went to Libya to verify the authenticity of the video and further investigate the "slave auction" incident. Last month, a CNN reporter who arrived in Libya saw a group of people being successfully auctioned off in six or seven minutes in a house outside the capital Tripoli.

"Does anyone need an excavator? This is a digger, a strong man, who can dig. " An auctioneer shouted, "500, 550, 600, 650 ..." As the price changed, buyers kept raising their hands. However, in just a few minutes, it was all over, and the man who succumbed to fate was handed over to his "new master".

After the auction, CNN reporters met two men who had already been auctioned. They are too scared to speak by what they have experienced, fearing that they will doubt everyone they meet.

Many refugees and immigrants who want to travel to Europe from the Libyan border have unfortunately become "slaves" of smugglers.

Every year, thousands of people flock to the Libyan border, including refugees and economic migrants fleeing the conflict, hoping to find better opportunities in Europe. Most of these people sold all their things to support the journey from the Libyan border to the gateway to Europe.

However, with the recent crackdown by the Libyan coast guard, more and more ships are unable to go to sea, and a large number of potential passengers are in the hands of immigrant smugglers. Finally, smugglers become "masters", and immigrants and refugees who want to arrive in Europe by boat become "slaves" in their hands.

The evidence taken has been submitted to the Libyan government, and the other party promised to investigate. Naser Hazam, the first lieutenant of Libya's anti-illegal immigration agency, said in an interview that although he did not witness the slave auction, he admitted that organized gangs were selling immigrants and refugees in the country. "These refugees and immigrants crowded a ship with only 65,438+000 passengers. Some of them may not reach Europe. " Hazam said, but smugglers don't care. They just need to get the money, and these immigrants may arrive in Europe or die in the sea.

I noticed that these auctions took place in a seemingly ordinary town in Libya, where people lived a normal life. Children play in the street, people go to work normally, chat with friends and cook for their families. But the slave auction behind normality seems to bring people back to the slave age. The only difference is that the auctioned immigrants are not wearing ankles and ankles.

He is detained and is waiting to be sent back to Nigeria.

"If you look at most people here and check their bodies, you will find that they have all been beaten."

Anes Alazabi is the director of a detention center in Tripoli, and many immigrants and refugees who intend to arrive in Europe from Libya will be deported. He said that he had heard many stories of smugglers abusing immigrants. He said that every day I can hear new stories from people.

Here, there is a detained immigrant named Shengli, a young man. Tired of rampant corruption in Nigeria, he fled his hometown at the age of 2/kloc-0 and spent a year and four months and his life savings trying to reach Europe. But he finally stopped at the Libyan border. He said that he was detained with other immigrants in poor conditions, without food and even being abused. "If you look at most people here and check their bodies, you will find that they have all been beaten."

Victoria said that when he ran out of money, he was sold to a temporary worker by smugglers, who told him that the money from this transaction would be used to reduce the debts he owed. "I have spent more than one million RMB (Ni Zznja Naira, about 2,780 US dollars), and my mother even went to several villages to borrow money from different places to save me." He told me at the detention center.

With the route across North Africa becoming more and more difficult, many immigrants have given up their dream of reaching the European coast. This year, more than 8,800 people chose to return home voluntarily or through the repatriation flight of the International Organization for Migration.