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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🆘~26 people in distress off #Algiers!
Our hotline was alerted to a group in distress just 15nm off the Algerian coast who reported engine problems. We alerted authorities but they said they don't have information about the boat. We urge them to search for the people in distress!

🆘Dans l'Atlantique: environ 700 personnes portées disparues! Alarm Phone a été informé par des proches de six bateaux, partis de la #Gambie entre le 27 et le 31 mars. 2 bateaux sont arrivés aux #ÎlesCanaries, mais les autres 4 sont toujours portés disparus ! Où sont-ils ?

🆘 in the Atlantic: about 700 people missing! Alarm Phone was informed by relatives about six boats that left #Gambia between the 27th and 31st of March. 2 boats arrived to the #CanaryIslands, 4 boats are feared to be still missing! Where are they?

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