Dear friends,
Right now, African migrants who try to
escape to Europe are finding a horrific fate instead: they're being sold as slaves! But we can save them.
The EU is behind a terrible deal that's
giving money to Libya to chase down boats with migrants, arresting them, and taking them back to African soil. Once there, many end up in detention centres, and others are kidnapped and sold into forced labour for as little as $400. The EU can stop this -- but they're turning a blind eye,
and it's up to us to push them into action to reverse this dreadful deal with Libya. Let's be a loudspeaker for these migrants' cry for help!
Add your name now to end Libya's migrant slave trade -- when enough of us sign, Avaaz will
bring our call to the EU countries that backed this deal and make sure they take urgent action:
EU: Stop the Migrant Slave Trade in LibyaItaly is only a few miles away from the Libyan shore, a known gateway for people trying to reach the "European dream". While the EU is known as a human rights champion, the grim reality is they're paying authorities in a broken country to prevent these people from ever setting foot on European territory -- freeing them from any human rights obligation.
CNN has reported on nine locations in Libya alone selling slaves -- but this could be just the tip of the iceberg. If we use this moment to get the EU to review its immoral deal with Libya and find a more humane way to deal with the crisis, we could stop this slave trade for good!
Let's do this -- join the people-backed call to
get EU leaders to act now on Libya's migrants slave trade:
EU: Stop the Migrant Slave Trade in LibyaAvaaz members from around the globe donated millions and took action to help solve the migration crisis in Europe in a humane and ethical way. Now, the EU's efforts to sweep the problem under the carpet has caused an even more unprecedented crisis, bringing back the slave trade. Let's make sure to stop it, together.
With hope and determination,
Diego, Flora, Luca, Nana, Patricia, Alice and the whole Avaaz team
More information
People for sale -- Where lives are auctioned for $400
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/libya-migrant-auctions/index.htmlItaly’s Dodgy Deal on Migrants
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/migrants-italy-europe.html?_r=0EU plans to keep migrants in Libya would trap thousands in 'catastrophic conditions', Germany warns
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-migrants-libya-italy-europe-mediterranean-sea-eu-libya-deal-detention-camps-torture-a7718346.htmlMigrants from west Africa being ‘sold in Libyan slave markets’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/10/libya-public-slave-auctions-un-migration 