Migration and migration and the hell of slavery in Libya
Testimony of a migrant in Misrata "I was tortured and sold 3 times and if I got off the ship they would kill me"
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called for a solution to the crisis of 81 migrants stranded on a cargo ship at the port of Misurata six days ago, after they refused to leave and go to the shelters in Libya.
The 95-year-old cargo ship was rescued on November 9 after they were on a dingy boat near the coast of Misurata.
Most migrants refused to leave the ship despite all attempts by the Coast Guard in Misrata to land them.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) provided stranded migrants with essential food, drink and winter blankets.
Has been anchored ten days ago in the port of Misurata Commercial, a cargo ship carrying dozens of immigrants who refuse to get off. The ship's crew is still stuck as the Libyan authorities are trying to find a solution on those migrants who are living in difficult conditions aboard the ship. Movado France 24 to Libya, Abdullah Malkawi, James André and Julie Dongolov visited Misrata and prepared this report.
Migrants on board a ship anchored in the port of Misurata in western Libya are still stranded and refuse to go down to the Libyan immigration centers for fear of the dangers they face. The France 24 team tried to reach them but the Libyan authorities refused but they managed to communicate with one of the migrants on board And sent to France 24 this video and horror iPad it.
"I am a Eritrean who is 16 years old. I have been in Libya since 2016. I have been tortured and have been sold three times. My brother died in my arms in the city of Bani Walid ... I saw untold things. How did I get off the ship? They will kill me .. Let them do whatever they want I will not leave the place .. Even if they did not give me food or any help .. This is my decision and the decision of my friends here and our number 79 .. We will stay until death .. ".
Libyan authorities have allowed some humanitarian organizations to provide assistance to migrants but their conditions on the ship remain difficult and complicated.
An unprecedented crisis The Libyan and European authorities are facing the reality of the problem of illegal immigration amid great fears of Libyan forces storming the ship and forcing migrants to take off by force.
Report: Abdullah Malkawi, Julie Dongholov and James André
Libya's authorities have forcibly removed more than 90 migrants from a cargo ship before rescuing them in a port west of Tripoli, the head of the central sector of the Libyan Coast Guard, Tawfiq al-Sukair, said.
The ship "NIVIN" rescued a number of illegal immigrants from the sinking northeast of the city of the five, on the eighth of November, at the request of the central sector of the Libyan Coast Guard, and arrived at the port of Misurata, but the migrants refused to go down after they learned to return to Misrata after leaving Libya.
In a rare occurrence .. Migrants refuse to get off a ship anchored in Libya
Al-Sukair told Reuters that "at the arrival of the ship, 14 immigrants arrived voluntarily, but the remaining 92 refused to disembark from the ship in the first documented incident of this kind."
He added that a joint force raided the cargo ship, fired rubber bullets and tear gas to force them to get off the ship, pointing out that some were injured during the operation, but they are in good condition after receiving treatment in the hospital, and that all migrants were transferred to a detention center.
He met with Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for illegal immigration Mohammed Shaibani Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs in Libya in the presence of the Director of the General Directorate of Security Guard Colonel al-Bashir in the light, and a number of representatives from international organizations on Sunday morning at the headquarters of the ministry in Tripoli.
The meeting discussed the crisis of illegal immigrants aboard the ship in the port of Misurata and ways to find radical solutions and the urgent process because this crisis.
For his part, al-Shaibani stressed the need to cooperate with all international organizations involved in immigration file in negotiating with these immigrants and proposing solutions to some of them to work on a voluntary repatriation for those who wish to return to his country or deported to any third country wishing to host them.
Shaibani also called for an urgent meeting with the ambassadors and representatives of the countries that sponsor them among the immigrants on board the ship to involve them in the negotiation process and end this crisis.
Shibani said that if these immigrants refuse to negotiate, the Interior Ministry will resort to applying the laws and regulations in force within the Libyan state and considering them infiltrators.
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Source: Agencies and Websites
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