About 400 people reach out to Alarm Phone over three days

Between 23 to 25 May, several hundred people have tried to escape from the war and torture camps in Libya. Alarm Phone was alerted to five boats in total, carrying about 400 people on board.

Although there is no official confirmation on the fate of many of these boats, we believe that one of these boats was rescued to Europe, while several were intercepted and returned to war and torture in Libya.

There is still no clarity on the fate of several other boats. In one of those intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguards and returned to Libya, two men of Sudanese nationality were found dead.

Several groups that left from Tunisia, Algeria and Libya and that did not reach out to Alarm Phone were intercepted. In one case, one person died while 6-8 are feared missing. Some boats have also reached Europe autonomously, reaching Lampedusa, Agrigento, Linosa, Sardinia.

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RT @seawatch_intl: Yesterday our ship Aurora and our Seabird plane reached a rubber boat with 13 people on board, signaled by @alarm_phone…

🆘️ from 18 people stranded close to #NeaVyssa, #Evros!

The people say there are children and women in the group who are sick. We are worried for them & ask for urgent medical assistance! They want to apply for asylum in #Greece. Authorities have been alerted: assist them now!

🆘️ We were alerted to a group of 41 people in distress on the route to #Crete. Authorities were alerted to the case on the evening of September 26. We have lost contact with the people since yesterday morning. Where are they? They need assistance now!