5 reasons not to block migrants & refugees in libya

Arbitrary
detention
& violence

People are detained in overcrowded detention centers where they are subject to violence

Forced labour

Bought and sold by criminals both men and women are forced to work without pay

Kidnapping &
torture

Many people tell us they were kidnapped and tortured while their families listened in order to extort money

sexual violence

On the Mediterranean, MSF has treated hundreds of survivors of sexual violence, both male and female

humiliation
&
Starvation

Detainees receive little food and in their own words are “treated like animals”