Libya has become a modern-day slave market, keeping migrants at the mercy of a complex trafficking web tolerated by the country’s many militia groups, an issue largely ignored by the world, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer said on Wednesday. Narciso Contreras, who spoke to migrants kept as slaves during a documentary photography project in Libya, said global attention focused on the North African country as a gateway for migrants attempting to reach Europe by sea.
Wakati huo tulikuwa na mtoto mmoja. Hali ilivyozidi kuwa ngumu, ndivyo nilivyozidi kusongwa na mawazo. Ilifika wakati ambapo nilikuwa naona aibu hata kukaa sebuleni, maana niliogopa hata kuwaangalia wale vijana waliofukuzwa shule, nikijua kuwa wataniangalia kwa macho ya huruma ili niwape ada warudi shule. Lakini si kwamba nilikuwa siwahurumii, bali sikuwa na fedha za kuwapa.