Episode 555: Sally Hayden—My Fourth Time, We Drowned

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Detained: thousands of migrants who have tried to reach Europe have ended up trapped in Libyan camps, with no way out. Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty
Detained: thousands of migrants who have tried to reach Europe have ended up trapped in Libyan camps, with no way out. Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty

In 2018 the journalist Sally Hayden, who reports on Africa for The Irish Times, received a Facebook message from a young African refugee, pleading for her help. He was one of thousands of migrants who had tried to reach Europe only to end up trapped in a Libyan detention camp, with no way out. In her new book, My Fourth Time, We Drowned, Hayden pieces together the stories of these refugees and chronicles the harsh conditions they are forced to live through. In today’s episode of the Irish Times Women’s Podcast she tells Kathy Sheridan about her four-year investigation of this human-rights disaster and explains why it’s a result of European policy.