The women were all abused and raped during their visit to Libya. There are serious psychological consequences.
IOM estimates that there are more than 600,000 migrants of 39 different nationalities: the vast majority of them are held in detention centres, prisons, brothels or clandestine centres run by mafias or militias.
In the protection centre for young mothers, the social worker also provides a lot of psychological support. She assures that all the mothers who returned from Libya wanted to have an abortion, but the baby is all they have left.
In Europe, there has been a sudden closure of borders in recent years, affecting migrants, while wars or persecutions, particularly in Syria, Iraq, but also in Afghanistan and Eritrea, have forced millions of people to flee their country.
Despite persistent violence, and human trafficking, since the fall of the Gaddafi regime in 2011 after a revolt, Libya remains an important transit point for people fleeing war or repressive governments in sub-Saharan countries.
At the same time, again tonight, we are witnessing another act of despair. The smugglers wanted to take advantage of the Eid to take two boats through the mother, one of which ran aground on the edge of Zarzis. 20 people, including a child and teenager were rescued by the Coast Guard, one person died.
The idea of youth migration comes from the unemployment. Local artists lead a campaign in a theater for stop young people to hang out all day on the street and keep the strength to stay.
