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

Am 11. Oktober 2026 gibt es das Alarm Phone seit 12 Jahren. Rund 11.000 Boote in Seenot haben sich in dieser Zeit aus allen Meeren vor den EU-Grenzen bei uns gemeldet. Diese vierseitige Zeitung stellt Erfahrungen aus unserer Arbeit vor:
https://alarmphone.org/de/campaigns/12-jahre-alarm-phone/

🆘 from ~37 people in distress south of #Crete, #Greece

We are in contact with the group, who report they have no fuel left and water is in the boat. We have alerted the respective authorities and urge @HCoastguard to rescue the people now to a safe place in Europe!