People for Sale: Where Lives are auctioned for $400
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/libya-migrant-auctions/index.html
This article talks about how two migrant men were auctioned off for $1200 Libyan dinars, in US currency the equivalent to $800. These men are being sold as slaves to be labor workers in Libya. Further down, the article talks about how tens of thousands of people flood Libya's borders as refugees fleeing a conflicted area, or migrants seeking out better opportunities in Europe. However, because the Libyan coastguard is becoming stricter, fewer of these boats that are "transporting" people out are able to get through the borders. And because of this, the smuggles are left with a lot of people on their hands, and those people are turned into slaves and their captors "masters."
-Marissa Laurie
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