LONDON: Hundreds of migrants from Iraqi Kurdistan making the journey to the UK last year were kidnapped in Libya, tortured and threatened with forced organ removal, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The more than 300 young men were detained by a militia that demanded a ransom of $5,000 each from their families and threatened to harvest their kidneys in case of late payment. Photo evidence and verbal accounts recorded by the BBC suggest that some of the threatened operations took place. Almost 180 of the migrants were made to share a cell in extremely cramped conditions, survivors said.

According to the BBC , the group of young men from Iraqi Kurdistan were captured by a militia in Libya where they were held for ransom and subjected to abuse.

Meer dan driehonderd migranten die afgelopen zomer onderweg waren naar het Verenigd Koninkrijk zijn ontvoerd, gemarteld en bedreigd met orgaanverwijdering. Dat blijkt uit…