Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has been thanked for highlighting the slave auctions in Libya last week.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) – a UN body – has been highlighting the practice this year. Pogba drew attention to the issue with a goal celebration against Newcastle United.

“There has been a 100-fold increase in interest in this after the simple gesture Pogba made," said Itayi Viriri, head of the IOM's online communications told Goal.

“He could have celebrated any other way that he wanted but he chose to do that. That resonated so much with so many young people around the world - especially people who look like him and whose background could be like his."