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Nigerian women struggle to raise children born of Libya rape

Joy is one of the over 14,000 Nigerians who have flown back on chartered planes from Libya under a scheme run by the International Organization for Migration since 2017. Around a third of these are women. Some travel back home with children born as the result of rape during their time trying to reach Europe.

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