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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2/3 L’autre bateau était parti avec 30 personnes à bord. Repéré par un navire marchand qui a alerté les garde-côtes, le bateau a été retrouvé avec 12 survivants et 2 corps, 16 personnes sont toujours portées disparues. D’après les survivants, un bébé fait partie des disparus.

1/3 ⚫ Naufrages en #MéditerranéeOccidentale. Le 4 août, 2 bateaux ont fait naufrage au large des #ÎlesBaléares. L’un d’eux, parti avec 19 personnes à son bord, a été retrouvé après 15 jours en mer. Seuls 2 survivants ont été retrouvés, les 17 autres sont toujours portés disparus

2/3 The other boat set off with 30 people. They were spotted by a merchant vessel who alerted the coastguard. The boat was found with 12 survivors and 2 bodies while 16 people remain missing. According to the survivors, a baby is among those missing.