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.

Alarmphone on X

🆘 25 PERSONE IN PERICOLO DI VITA
40 miglia a sud di #Lampedusa.

@alarm_phone segnala da stamattina un’imbarcazione in difficoltà alla deriva nel maltempo.

Le Autorità di Malta e Italia sono state informate: serve un’immediata operazione di soccorso.

@mitgov_it @Viminale #SAR

🆘 25 people missing in Central Med! This morning, Alarm Phone was alerted to a boat escaping from #Libya, in distress in #Malta SAR. The weather is bad & they say their engine is no longer working. Their lives are at risk! #Italy & #Malta are informed but do not react.

RT @seawatch_intl: 🚨 BREAKING: Italy detained our Sea-Watch 5, because we did not communicate our operations with the so-called Libyan coas…

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