Washington Post Summary

Raghavan, an editor for the Washington Post presents the thriving business of immigrant smuggling in the heart of Libya`s cities. The author uses images to portray the true picture of the dentations camps. He employs ethos and Paros to illustrate the emotional and ethical issues not accounted for. While he notes the efforts made by the E.U in eradicate the situation, the author clearly states his stand .He states that, much should be done .He also reflects on how hard and dangerous the journey through the desert is. This shades light on a journey that few are aware of thus showing how much damage the business is causing to the immigrants.

Note on the Post
The post by Raghavan in conjunction with Tugnoli as a photographer presents the true picture of how immigrants’ treatment occurs in Libya. The human beings treatment in Libya is not humane rather taken as commodities .The article provides vision aids that show images of groups of migrants in front of the embassy at the Taora detention camp seeking help in order to ease their grievances and find help to go back to their country. The sizes of the

camps are too small with one holding up to twenty individuals. To make it worse, barefoot is the order of the day for anyone that finds him or herself in the detention center. Food is an issue that seeks pity as noted by an Algerian man who confesses to have only eaten a piece of bread. The author through the post under the supervision of the Washington post notes several factors as the cause of the whole situation in Libya.
Poverty, war, persecution and unemployment are the main cause of the worsening situation in Libya among the immigrants.

According to Raghavan (July 2017), due to the political instability in many of the countries, it caused many to be sold by the smugglers and now locked in crowded facilities. For instance, the author notes a testimony of a 25 year-old man from Sierra Leone who states how he was beaten while on the phone so that his parents could hear him cry. The kind of pain experienced by the immigrants in the country presents a group of people who are desperate with nothing left but pain. Libya is the best and quickest way of finding one`s way into Europe. For many, this is an opportunity of finding a way out of their poverty by going to Europe. The smugglers take this advantage and in turn sell many of them as goods rather than treating them as human

beings.
The author thus notes what the E.U is doing in order to address the issue. The post shows that more than 70,000 immigrants arrived in Italy within a year marking a 28% increase in the number of immigrants within Europe. However, even with the plan of providing strict measures to resolve the issue of immigrants, many of them remain locked in camps within the city of Zawiyah instead of going to their homes. This thus subject them to the modern day slavery by smugglers. Even though E.U in conjunction with the investigation conducted by the U.N donated $225 million to have strict measures in place to resolve the problem, the author indicates that there is the need to find a lasting solution to the problem. The fact that many of them are treated as merchandise in a cause of alarm that the E.U ought to look into.
Many die along the long journey of 1400 miles from Agade to Sabha. While, there is little attention directed to the number of immigrants that die while walking on foot, evidence indicate the damage of the intense heat in the desert. For instance, the post reflects on the statistical data by International Organization of Migration which states that 44 immigrants among which five of them were children, died in June due to thirst. Lastly, the post shows how women and girls are sexually harassed and refusal may lead to death. It is therefore realistic to conclude that smuggling is a chain business that while making some rich, is damaging many lives.