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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🆘 from ~34 people, including 2 babies south of #Peloponnese peninsula, #Greece!
The group reports that they are in severe distress: the engine is not working anymore, they are adrift & water is coming into the boat! We informed the @HCoastGuard & urge them to react immediately!

🆘 from 4 boats in the Eastern Med!

We know of 4 boats with a total of ~187 people near #Crete & #Gavdos, #Greece. The groups, who fled #Libya, report serious distress and most of them have water coming into their boats. Authorities are informed: rescue before it's too late!

🆘 from ~32 people on their way to #Crete, #Greece

We were contacted by yet another group of 32 people on their way to Crete. They're seriously in distress with a lot of water coming into the boat. Authorities are informed. We demand immediate #rescue and #SafePassage!

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