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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🆘 ~30 lives at risk in the Central Med!

We were alerted by a group of about 30 people in distress in the Egyptian SAR zone, trying to flee to #Crete. They say they have been at sea for 3 days already and are without fuel and water. Authorities are alerted: Rescue without delay!

🆘️️! We were alerted to a boat in urgent distress carrying 25ppl who fled from #Libya.

The merchant vessel GREAT INTELLIGENCE found the boat, but MRCC Malta ordered them to wait "until further notice is received". Rescue to a safe country in Europe is urgent!

🆘 ~20 people in distress off #Samos, #Greece. We were informed about a boat with a broken engine near Samos. The group is urgently asking for help. We informed @HCoastGuard and demand the launch of a rescue operation and #NoPushback.