The women forced to work in the connection house came from all over the continent, although the majority were from Nigeria. Almost all of them had been tricked: husbands or smugglers lead them north, promising to bring them to Paradise, but 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
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