The suffering of those locked up in detention centres continues to grow. in Libya. Credit Sky News. This woman says she had been flogged and begged for help By Alex Rossi, Middle East Correspondent Sky News has witnessed first-hand the horrific conditions that thousands of African migrants trying to get to Europe are facing in Libyan detention centres - and at the hands of the smuggling gangs. Many of them claim they've been beaten, raped and are desperate to return home. Thousands of mainly sub-Saharan Africans are incarcerated in Libya's system of makeshift detention centres. The Libyan authorities are under pressure from Europe to crack down on the number of migrants transiting through the country and the across the sea. Special report: Libya's warehouse of suffering Most people were arrested whilst trying to cross the Mediterranean. Libya - a country wracked by civil war -...
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