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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🆘 in the Central Med! We are in contact with ~45 people who fled from #Benghazi, #Libya. After 4 days at sea they've no food or water left & need urgent assistance. We don't have their exact GPS position & ask authorities to locate them and launch a SAR operation immediately!

🆘 ~40 people in distress off #Libya!

We alerted authorities to this group in distress. The people report that their boat is taking in water and ask urgently for rescue!

🆘️ from 11 people near Prisadets, at the border of #Bulgaria and #Türkiye!

The people, who have children among the group, say they have been attacked by dogs. They fear for their safety and are asking for urgent help. Authorities are informed!

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