Migrants wait to be transferred to a dinghy of the rescue team, off Libya coast on May 12, 2018. 73 migrants of various nationalities, including women and children were rescued by MV Aquarius , a rescue vessel chartered by SOS-Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF). / AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
More than 100 east African migrants escaped from a camp in the Libyan town of Bani Walid where they were being held hostage and tortured, international agencies and local sources said Saturday.
The migrants from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia fled on Wednesday night to a mosque in the town where they were taken in by local associations and residents.
The hospital in Bani Walid said around 20 of them were being treated for injuries from torture.
According to Doctors Without Borders…
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