as soon as they set foot in Libya, these women essentially become human merchandise. The men who smuggle them into the country act as their pimps, and they’re bought and sold in connection houses throughout the country. It was hard for male immigrants like me to earn enough money to survive, but at least we could look for voluntary work. With the extreme gender discrimination in Libya, these women couldn’t find jobs and had no choice but to work for the men who tricked them.
