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.

Alarmphone on X

‼️ Illegal interception in international waters! The #civilfleet vessel Humanity 1 witnessed an interception by the so-called Libyan coastguard at 13:00h today. Its crew was about to proceed & rescue the people and bring them to a safe port. However, they were forcibly returned.

🆘 from ~13 people stranded on #Lesvos #Greece

We were alerted to a group of 13 people stranded without food or water on Lesvos, close to #Katsinia beach, among them injured & sick people. We’ve alerted @HCoastguard @HellenicPolice and urge them to assist now & #NoPushback!

🆘 from ~30 people in distress in the #Aegean, #Greece

This morning we were contacted by 30 people urgently in distress close to #Farmakonisi, among them children, pregnant women & sick people. We have alerted @HCoastguard - we urge them to rescue now & #NoPushback!