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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1/6 🚨Appel à dons : 10 ans de solidarité en mer. Depuis 2014, nous avons répondu à des milliers d’appels de bateaux en détresse. Au total, plus de 8 000 embarcations à travers la Méditerranée, la Mer Egée, l’Atlantique et la Manche. Aujourd'hui, nous avons besoin de vous🧵⬇️

1/6 🚨Call for donations: 10 years of solidarity at sea. Since 2014, the AlarmPhone has responded to thousands of calls from boats in distress. In total, more than 8,000 boats across the Mediterranean, the Aegean, the Atlantic and the English Channel.
Today, we need your help🧵⬇️

🆘 ~130 people at risk off #Tunisia!

We were alerted to a large wooden boat near #Sfax that has reportedly capsized. While the situation is evolving, it seems some people were found by the Tunisian coastguard, while many others are said to have drowned.

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