'Journey of hell'Based on interviews with nearly 100 migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees from 16 countries across Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, the report details harrowing accounts of abduction, arbitrary detention and extreme abuse. It was a journey of hell," said one Eritrean woman detained for six weeks at a trafficking house in Tobruk, eastern Libya. She described being raped repeatedly by multiple men and witnessing the abuse of girls as young as 14. Many experience slavery, forced labour, forced prostitution, extortion, and the confiscation and re-sale of their belongings and identity documents. "The suffering of migrants and refugees in Libya must end," Mr. Türk said.

Source: Libya Today February 17, 2026 20:54 UTC