Ross Kemp has appealed to the United Kingdom's government to help fleeing migrants escape what he has called a "modern-day slave trade" in Libya. In a piece written for the Radio Times, Ross spoke of migrants who had been fleeced of huge sums of money, being beaten, kidnapped and sold in to bonded labour, to pay off their debts, and often never make it out of southern Libya. He also hit out at a recent agreement the European Union made with Libya's UN backed government, which he believes traps migrants in a war zone. The deal would give Libya £170 million to help the government bolster its coast guard capabilities in order to stop migrants travelling across the sea. Ross said: "European leaders, under pressure to reduce the number of people entering their countries as migrants, have signed a new deal with Libya, but far from helping people to escape, the EU deal is aimed at keeping them there. Now that we are aware of what migrants in Libya endure, and given our own role in the country’s decline into chaos, can we really consider this an acceptable solution to such a horrific situation?"
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