Libya’s Migrant Crisis Under Scrutiny as Slave Market Claims Go Viral

Libya’s Migrant Crisis Under Scrutiny as Slave Market Claims Go Viral

Recent claims circulating on social media suggesting the return of “slave markets” for African migrants in Libya have sparked widespread alarm, but available evidence does not support assertions that such practices are currently taking place. The allegations, which spread rapidly across platforms, rely largely on recycled images and old video footage presented without proper context. Several of the images shared to supprt the claims were origina…