Leonard Doyle
Libya after dictator Gaddafi: Muslims sell Blacks for $200 at open slave markets
As a departure point for refugees trying to get to Europe, migrants arriving in Libya from sub-Saharan Africa are particularly vulnerable due to a lack of money and little in the way of documentation.
500 Migrants Feared Drowned after Boat Sinks off Malta
About 500 migrants are feared dead after their boat was rammed by another vessel near Malta last week.
Two Palestinian survivors told the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that the boat had been intentionally sunk by traffickers after leaving Damietta in Egypt in early September, the BBC reports.