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 5 people on #Rhodos, #Greece!

They report that they have been stuck on the island for 2 days, so far no help arrived. 1 person among them is in a severe medical emergency situation & needs medical assistance NOW!
@HellenicPolice & @HellenicCoastGuard are informed.⁩⁩

⚫ Shipwreck off #Libya

On 15 November, Alarm Phone was alerted to 30 people in severe distress when fleeing from Libya. We lost contact to the boat & had to learn later that they shipwrecked. According to the so-called Libyan coastguard, 17 people survived while 13 are missing.

⚫️ Another shipwreck off #Tunisia: A survivor told us they departed #Sfax on the evening of 8.11. with 51 other people in an 8-meter-long boat. After struggling with engine problems, the boat capsized on Friday noon due to harsh weather conditions. 1/3

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