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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🆘 52 vite umane in pericolo nel #Mediterraneo centrale!

@alarm_phone segnala che 52 persone in fuga dalla #Libia si trovano alla deriva a bordo di un’imbarcazione che si sta riempiendo d’acqua.

Le Autorità sono state allertate: serve un urgente intervento di soccorso.

🆘 Urgent distress in the central Mediterranean!

We were alerted by 52 people in distress off the coast of #Libya. They say they are adrift and report water coming into the boat. We lost contact a few hours ago. Authorities are informed, urgent rescue is needed!

🆘 In the #WesternMed. We were alerted to 10 people who left #Mostaganem on April 19. Since then we don't have any news and the relatives are very worried. @Salvamentogob has been altered and is searching for them. We demand freedom of movement for everyone!

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