A Bangladeshi farmer watched dozens drown beside him in the Mediterranean before "God sent us the fishermen", who saved him from the cold waters and took him to Tunisia. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) estimates 6,000 migrants in Libya are being detained "in conditions that generally fall well below international standards". He and the other migrants left northwestern Libya on a large boat, before being transferred to a smaller one. After seeing people drown in front of his eyes, Bilal said he "was losing hope myself, but God sent us the fishermen who saved us." "If the Tunisian fishermen hadn't seen them, there wouldn't have been any survivors and we would have never known about this" boat sinking, said Mongi Slim from the Red Crescent.

Source: Libya Today May 11, 2019 17:15 UTC