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After finding freedom, this former slave is now homeless and hungry
- Migrant returns home to brutal reality
Benin City, Nigeria (CNN) – Dressed casually in slim-fit jogging pants and a T-shirt and sporting a trendy haircut, 21-year-old Victory looks like many of his peers in Nigeria.
- By Lillian Leposo, Nima Elbagir and Dominique van Heerden, CNN
But one thing distinguishes him from the crowd: Victory is a former slave.
CNN first met Victory last October, just days after he was rescued from traffickers in Libya and the most appalling conditions imaginable.Lying on the floor of a squalid detention center, he was exhausted, depressed and desperate to go home.
In January, he…