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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🆘from 44 people, including 1 child, south of #Crete!
We were called by people on the boat yesterday but have not heard from them since last night, when they told us water was entering the boat. We alerted all authorities including @HCoastGuard & urge them to send rescue now!

🆘 16 people missing in the #WesternMed. We were alerted by a relative of a boat that left Boumerdes #Algeria on 6th July. We have not had news from them since their departure. @Salvamentogob is alerted. We hope they will be found and brought to safety!

🆘16 personnes disparues en #MéditerranéeOccidentale. Nous avons été alertés par un proche d'un bateau parti de Boumerdes, #Algérie, le 6 juillet. Nous sommes sans nouvelles depuis leur départ. @Salvamentogob a été alerté. Nous espérons qu'ils seront retrouvés et mis en sécurité!

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