Survivors showed me their scars and told me how they were beaten by guards in Libya

In near total darkness on the first evening of 2023, we approached a flimsy craft bobbing on the dangerous waves of the Central Mediterranean, many miles from the safety of shore. From my position at the bow of one of the two Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) highspeed rescue boats, it was hard to see how many people were onboard. I wondered what condition

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