Nigerians are drowning in the Mediterranean. Others are sold as slaves in Libya. Read the full story here. On Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 242 Nigerians disembarked a Libyan airline and took in the humid Lagos air with palpable relief. They had just returned from Libya where modern day slavery now goes on unchecked.“242 returned this evening. More stranded in Libya will be brought back in. Awareness is key”, announced Abike Dabiri-Erewa who is President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Relations and Diaspora. Down the stairway of the airplane, a young man kneels and lifts his eyes to the skies in gratitude. He had headphones wrapped round his neck. A few other returnees joined him with a dance and prayers of appreciation on their lips. They were thanking God for bringing them back to their homeland alive; considering that over 3,000 migrants perished while crossing the Mediterranean in 2017.
