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Slave Trade: is blaming Libya justified

Last Month, Africans and the world were thrown into dismay with concerns trailing reports of alleged Slave Trade and auction in the North Africa Country – Libya.

The persons reportedly auctioned and sold as slaves are illegal immigrants en-route Europe

With the Libyan Coast Guards being funded by Italian authorities and the European Union, the Guards are tasked with stopping the illegal smuggling and human trafficking into Europe.

The illegal migrants, when caught, are kept in detention camps, pending repatriation back to their countries.

The persons being enslaved are alleged to be gotten from these detentions camps and are also subjected to series of inhumane treatments.

The question not many ask is if Libya is to blame for what the illegal immigrants are passing through, in their quest for paradise on earth.

Libyan War

After the death of President, Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, there has been series of instability and confusion over control of the Country.

The country currently has three groups claiming to be in power and governing the affairs of the State.

The U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (now based in the capital, Tripoli, under Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj) took charge in December 2015, tasked with unifying a country bitterly divided by years of conflict.

The Islamist-dominated Government of National Salvation (also based in Tripoli, under Prime Minister Khalifa Ghwell) still has some support, and the capacity to wade influence.

ISIS fighters infiltrated Libya in 2014, first seizing the Mediterranean coastal town of Derna, close to the Egyptian border, then capturing Gadhafi’s hometown, Sirte, further west.

Taking advantage of the country’s political chaos, the militants carried out attacks in Tobruk, Benghazi, Misrata and the capital, Tripoli, as well as on the Al-Ghani oilfield.

These instabilities of a central power have made it impossible for control of the affairs of the Country. While these are going on, the problem of illegal migrants rears its head, adding salt to injury.

Deportation process

The detention camps in Libya, serve as a centre, where illegal immigrants are held pending when the deportation process is complete and are sent back to their countries.

And there are hundreds of detention camps scattered around the country that house thousands of illegal immigrants from different Countries.

Deportation processes vary in countries and regions of the world.

In the United States of America, illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries like Mexico are deported within two weeks; the minimum after all necessary documentation.

In the case of Libya, Nigeria is about two-three Countries away, with thousands of kilometers apart, the documentation process may be longer and more complex.

With the influx of illegal 150,000 migrants to Libya, the Coast Guard may have more difficulty with necessary documentation.

Although auctioning or selling of humans as slaves is not justified, Libya also has its own handful of problems to deal with.

Listen to ETN24 NewsTtalk Podcast and learn more about Libya and the Migrant/Slave issue. This episode also addresses the question of if life is indeed better abroad than in Nigeria and what the government can do to help. The heat in the house was also turn on.

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