AFRICAN migrants are being killed for their organs then roasted alive "like kebabs", a former Nigerian minister claims.

Femi Fani-Kayode said 75 per cent of migrants who have their organs harvested are from his native Nigeria.

2 Former Nigerian minister Femi Fani-Kayode claims migrants are being killed for their organs Credit: Facebook

The Cambridge University-educated lawyer said Libyans target "sub-Saharan Africans" hoping to find a route into Europe.

He claims the slaves then have their "bodies mutilated" before being "roasted like suya [shish kebabs]".

The one-time Nigerian aviation minister added: "They sell them into slavery and either murder, mutilate, torture or work them to death".

Fani-Kayode's claims come after a bombshell report revealed migrants and refugees are being sold as slaves by human traffickers in Libya for just a few hundred pounds.

2 Thousands of migrants often fall into the hands of human traffickers in Libya Credit: Getty Images - Getty

But thousands of migrants are still arriving in Libya in the desperate hope of crossing the Mediterranean.

And as the EU are training Libya's coastguard to stem the tide of people crossing the ocean, their journeys often come to an end in the North African state.

This week, 31 people were killed when sharks attacked migrants who fell from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean.

The stranded migrants were found 40 miles off the coast of North Africa and were believed to be heading for southern Italy or Malta.

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Around 1,800 people were rescued in the Mediterranean over four days last week.

About 161,000 people had crossed the sea to Europe so far this year and almost 3,000 were known to have died.

Many begin their perilous journeys from lawless Libya, where people traffickers ferry thousands to the Sicily, Lampedusa and Malta.

Rescue workers recover bodies of five migrants off Libya who had drowned trying to reach Europe

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