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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🆘 40 people adrift south of #Crete, #Greece!
Alarm Phone has alerted authorities to this group in distress. The people report water in the boat and several people over board! They need immediate assistance, rescue now before it is too late!

🆘️ ~ 13 people, including 2 children in urgent need of medical assistance near Kissatio, #Greece!

We are in contact with a group who reports that one child fell into the water & is in critical condition & that another child is injured. We alerted local authorities.

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