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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🆘 27 people in distress in the Central Med!

Alarm Phone alerted authorities about a group on a rubber boat off Zuwara, #Libya! The people report they are adrift and water is entering the boat, they ask for immediate rescue!

🆘 ~64 people in distress north of Abu Kammash, #Libya!

We are in contact with this group in distress in the central #Mediterranean. Their say that their engine is malfunctioning. With the night coming, we are very concerned. Authorities are alerted, act before it is too late!

🆘️ from 6 people stranded in #Evros!
The peope say there are 3 children and an injured elderly person with them. They want to claim asylum in #Greece and are asking for urgent assistance. We have alerted the @HellenicPolice and urge them to support the people and not #pushback!

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