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Amenze

There is an estimated 48,000 people living in modern slavery in Libya (GSI 2018). Libya is a major transit destination for migrants and refugees hoping to reach Europe by sea. Human trafficking networks have prospered amid lawlessness, created by the warring militias that have been fighting for control of territories since the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Highly organized trafficking and migrants smuggling networks that reach into Libya from Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, and other sub-Saharan states subject migrants to forced labour and forced prostitution through fraudulent recruitment, confiscation of identity and travel documents, withholding or non-payment of wages, debt bondage, and verbal, physical, and sexual abuse. In some cases, migrants reportedly pay smuggling fees to reach Tripoli, but once they cross the Libyan border they are sometimes abandoned in southern cities or the desert where they are susceptible to severe forms of abuse and human trafficking. Amenze is a survivor of trafficking to Libya. She received support from Programme X including a flight to voluntarily return to Nigeria, counselling, financial assistance and business skills training. With the support of NGO Y, Amenze learned how to be a seamstress, and is currently working as a fashion designer.

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On the banks of the Bocima River, tributary of the Mongalla, awaiting canoes for transporting carriers and loads

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Camping for the night at Bolombo, on journey from Baringa to Ikelemba River

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Camping in the forest at Bashishombe, Kasai River

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Mr. Harris writing on board the S. S. Lapsley, Kasai River

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Rev. John Howell Captain of S. S. Endeavour during a tornado

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A difficult tramp through the Ikelemba – Juapa watershed

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Camping on the banks of the Bocima River