Two mass graves with bodies nearly 50 migrants were found in southeastern Libya, said 9. February officials.
The first tomb with 19 bodies was found on 7. February on the farm in the city in the southeastern country, a charity al-Abrin, which helps migrants in Eastern and Southern Libya, said these people were killed.
The tomb with at least 30 bodies was also found in Kufra after the raid in the Trade Center. The survivors of migrants said almost 70 people were buried in the tomb.
Mass graves of migrants are not an unusual phenomenon in Libya, a country that is the main transit point for smuggling migrants from Africa and the Middle East to Europe.
Human rights groups and the UN agencies have documented systematic abuse of migrants in Libya, including forced work, beatings, rape and torture.
Prior to departure for Europe, smugglers suffer migrants into rubber boats and other vessels inadequate for risky travel through the Mediterranean Sea.
Those who are intercepted and returned to Libya, including women and children, are held in the detention centers leading the government, where also suffer abuse, including torture, rape and extortion.
Traffickers benefited from more than a decade of war and instability in; Libya who was in the chaos after the rebellion supported by NATO in which the long-term ruler of Mamer el Gaddafi was killed.
(Vijesti.ba)
