article_snippet.sent: One Eritrean woman told the UN Refugee agency (UNHCR) this month that One Eritrean woman had paid $5,000 to reach the Mediterranean.
article_snippet.sent: A migrant might pay as much as $300 to reach southern Libya in a truck or pick-up, according to researchers.
article_snippet.sent: Within Libya, the smugglers for the most part appear to be small groups or individuals rather than large networks, according to human rights organizations.
article_snippet.sent: they cluster in dusty towns such as Sabha and Qatrun and use what are known as 'connection houses.'
article_snippet.sent: Those driving migrants to Tripoli may have no connection with gangs at the coast.
article_snippet.sent: Such a journey, across the desert to avoid checkpoints, might cost a migrant $200: in a failed state that sort of cash quickly generates armed rivalries.
article_snippet.sent: Tribal feuds, roaming militias and criminal gangs mean migrants need the skills of a smuggler.
article_snippet.sent: The more reliable groups can charge more; she says some migrants buy a "package" from smugglers that includes overland and sea travel.
article_snippet.sent: Fearing arrest, the smugglers rarely travel on the boats the smugglers, instead giving a compass or GPS device to the migrants, who then set off with no navigational skills and often no experience of the sea in boats that should never have left port.