REUTERS – Il reportage di Steve Scherer – Rescued migrants tell of detention, beatings, slavery in Libya

ABOARD RESCUE SHIP AQUARIUS – A day after reaching safety aboard a humanitarian ship, migrants on Friday told of arbitrary detention, slavery and beatings in Libya as Europe seeks to build up the Tripoli-based coastguard. “Libya is crazy. They arrest us, the police … They put us in some place … two, three days no eat, no drink. They beat us.” CONTINUA A LEGGERE

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