21-years- old Joy and Fortune, 20, left Nigeria with hopes
of a better life in Europe but ended up in a Libyan detention centre,
where they were beaten and tortured by guards who demanded money from
their families to secure their release.
According to Doctors Without Borders, after they regained their freedom, the girls managed to take a rubber boat from Libya.
The boat's fuel ran out a few hours into their journey and
for two and a half days they drifted out into the open sea, without
eating or drinking until a fisherman saw them and alerted the Tunisian
coastguard, who brought them to Tunisia.
Photo credit: Kristof Vadin
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