GENEVA : U.N. investigators are seeking to verify reports of mass graves thought to contain the corpses of migrants at a trafficking hub in Libya, they said in a report on Monday that also documented incidents of rape, murder and torture. Several migrants told the U.N. Fact-Finding Mission that there were "mass graves" in the desert city of Bani Walid, with one testifying that he had buried three people there in one of them. Another Sudanese migrant in Sebha told the U.N. team that he was set alight after his family did not pay a ransom. Chaloka Beyani, one of the mission's three members, described the situation for migrants in Libya as "very, very dire" and called for technical assistance to help Libya hold the perpetrators accountable. The mission is seeking a prolongation of its work beyond the end of June when its final report is due.

Source: Libya Today March 28, 2022 18:43 UTC