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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🆘 153 personnes disparues dans l'#Atlantique! Un bateau de 153 personnes est parti de Bafouloto, #Gambie, il y a déjà 14 jours ! Les autorités ont été alertées mais n’ont aucune information. Nous exigeons des recherches active pour les retrouver au plus vite et des #voiessûres!

🆘 153 people missing in the #Atlantic! A boat with 153 people left Bafouloto, #Gambia already 14 days ago! authorities have been alerted but have no information. We demand an active search to find them as soon as possible and #safepassage !

🆘 Yesterday evening, Alarm Phone was in contact with a group of 35 people in distress near the island of #Inousses, #Greece. According to a relative, they had been pushed back to Turkish waters by @HCoastguard & their engine had been taken.
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