a camp that we learned was a transit point for literally thousands offenders print rohinja from maymaras shut down for expose murder the media. >> translator: they took us to an island. we saw big trampolines among big trees and surrounded by the sea. we couldn't see any other land. many of us got severely ill. some were so bad they couldn't walk. all of us were very weak. >> reporter: mohamed spent a week on a ship and 19 days on the island before his family could have enough money to get him released for the next part of his journey. he describes a living nightmare. >> translator: they gave us mobile phones and made all of us talk to our relatives to ask for money. we were beaten, even while we were talking on the phone they would beat us to get the money from our relatives. if we didn't get the money they would beat us again and again and they tortured us continuously in many different ways. if we paid the money, they would stop beating us. but if we couldn't the severely tortured us and beat us so much. >> reporter: he says there were around 500 people at the camp and the violence