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Libya Slave Trade

Asylum seekers from Africa disembark a Libyan coast guard boat as they arrive at a naval base in Tripoli after being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea on August 28th, 2017.
Social Justice

Libya's Slave Trade Didn't Appear Out of Thin Air

It's a result of European immigration policy—and of pervasive anti-blackness in the MENA region.

By Rahawa Haile