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Channel disaster: 5 crushed to death following panicked launch and police violenceApr 23, 24
The Deafening Silence in the Central MediterraneanApr 14, 24
One year on from the start of the crisis, violations of migrants' rights continue in TunisiaApr 09, 24
“People are losing their life here!” Shipwreck off Libya: 61 people missingDec 17, 23
We’ll never forget, we’ll never forgive - 6 months after the Pylos massacre!Dec 14, 23
Crossings from Senegal to the Canary Islands: a society in the grip of economic despair, political repression and European interferenceOct 20, 23

Report by Alarm Phone Dakar on the criminalisation of migration in Senegal

Against all odds and all barriers: 9 years Alarm Phone!Oct 11, 23
Arrivals in Lampedusa: Solidarity and resistance in the face of Europe's reception crisis!Sep 18, 23

Joint Statement

"The Hellenic Coast Guard threatened us that they will deflate our boat in case we don't return to Turkey"Aug 23, 23

After the Pylos shipwreck, the violence at Europe's border in the Aegean continues

110 people escaping Lebanon abducted to Libya!Aug 20, 23
Evros one week on: Another chapter in the deadly European border regimeAug 15, 23
Evros: the brutal face of the European border regimeAug 07, 23
When lives don't count: A survivor's testimonyAug 05, 23

Continuous violence against those trying to escape Tunisia by boat

Tunisia is not safe! Mass deportations into the desert continue while new EU migration deal is agreedJul 17, 23
One month after the disaster off Pylos: "I need to find them some justice"Jul 13, 23
Tunisia: Anatomy of a Forced Deportation to LibyaJul 05, 23

Joint Statement

Italian penalties against Sea-Eye are state injustice!Jun 25, 23

Joint Statement by Sea Watch and Alarm Phone

One Year after the Melilla Massacre of 24 June 2023: We are still Shocked and AngryJun 23, 23

Press Release

Shipwreck in the Atlantic: Of 61 people on their way to the Canary Islands, only 24 surviveJun 23, 23
Alarm Phone performance in Brussels 'We kindly request you to stop killing'Jun 21, 23
Up to 600 people drown off Pylos, Greece - only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylumJun 20, 23

Open letter by over 180 human rights organizations and initiatives together with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi.

ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΕΣ ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΝΑΥΑΓΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΥΛΟΥ ΣΤΙΣ 14 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 2023Jun 16, 23
Information after the shipwreck near Pylos of 14 June 2023Jun 16, 23
Europe’s ‘shield’: Pushback of handcuffed person on a rubber boatJun 16, 23
Η «ασπίδα» της Ευρώπης: Εκατοντάδες θεωρείται ότι πνίγηκαν στα ανοικτά της ΕλλάδαςJun 14, 23
Europe’s “shield”: Hundreds presumed to have drowned off GreeceJun 14, 23
500 people abducted at sea! Malta coordinates criminal mass pushback by proxy to a Libyan prison!May 29, 23

Joint Statement by Alarm Phone, Sea-Watch, Mediterranea Saving Humans and EMERGENCY

Solidarity to all the people in Sudan! End the war in Sudan!Apr 24, 23
Tunisia is neither a safe country of origin nor a place of safety for those rescued at seaApr 17, 23

Joint Statement by Civil Search And Rescue Organisations and migrants solidarity networks

We remember Alaa Muhammad Al-BakriMar 20, 23
Fatal Delays: 30 Lives Lost due to European Non-AssistanceMar 13, 23

Joint Statement by Alarm Phone, Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch

30 people die due to non-assistance by the Italian authoritiesMar 12, 23
Cutro shipwreck: Associations file a collective complaint with the Office of the Public ProsecutorMar 10, 23
For the implementation of freedom of correspondence with the outside world and provision of a Wi-Fi network at the Lampedusa hotspotMar 09, 23

Joint Statement

After the Crotone shipwreckMar 03, 23

Solidarity statement for the survivors, and the relatives, friends and community members of those who did not survive

Three thousand people in the Lampedusa hotspot: it is not an emergency, but a political choice!Feb 21, 23

Press Statement

Deadly days along the Tunisian route to EuropeFeb 06, 23
Landmark court ruling on 2013 shipwreck: Italian coast guard and navy responsible for deaths of 268 refugeesJan 19, 23

Joint press release by PRO ASYL, borderline-europe and WatchTheMed Alarm Phone

​​​​​One month on - Unanswered questions and misplaced allegationsJan 14, 23
New decree obstructs lifesaving rescue efforts at sea and will cause more deathsJan 05, 23
Left behind at sea: only 3 survivors from a boat with at least 53 people found on the cliffs of Tan-tanDec 26, 22
Another attempt to cover up the real crimesDec 20, 22

Statement regarding the death of a 2-month-old baby on Lesvos on December 15, 2022

Deadly policies in the Mediterranean: Stop the shipwrecks caused off the coast of TunisiaDec 19, 22
The deadly line: militarised borders lead to more deaths in the English ChannelDec 14, 22
Banner drops along Amsterdam Light Festival routeDec 02, 22
Yet another tragedy of the coast of Zarzis: the search for truth and justiceOct 20, 22
Malta instructs merchant ship SHIMANAMI QUEEN to take 23 people to Egypt rather than to closer ports in EuropeOct 19, 22

A joint statement by Alarm Phone, Mediterranea Saving Humans, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Sea-Watch.

8 Years of Struggle!Oct 11, 22

Alarm Phone Anniversary Statement

Press release by Association des Mères de Migrants DisparusSep 11, 22
Joint Statement calling for the dismissal of UNHCR’s special envoy Vincent CochetelSep 09, 22
A dilemma between unbelievable violence and deathSep 07, 22
Pushback after arrival on Rhodes: “In Turkey I fear deportation and Europe is not accepting us…”Sep 03, 22
Pushed back and left to die in the burning sun near Rhodes - Two people missing when they started swimming to find helpAug 03, 22

Including update from 5 Aug 2022

29 deaths at European borders: The migration policy agreement between Spain and Morocco that kills!Jun 26, 22
“Although we said to the Greek police that 'if you push us back, we will be arrested in Turkey', they sent us back […], violating the international ban on refoulment.”Jun 15, 22

A personal account of one of the pushbacks experienced at the Greek-Turkish border

Alarm Phone demands immediate evacuation of refugees from a small islet in the Evros riverJun 10, 22

For more than 48 hours we are again in contact with a group of 28 Kurdish refugees from Syria (among them several children) who are stranded on an islet in the river of Evros near Soufli. 

19 Μαΐου: δίκη στην Καλαμάτα - η ποινικοποίηση των ανθρώπων που μετακινούνται στην Ελλάδα συνεχίζεται!May 16, 22

Κοινή δήλωση από τις οργανώσεις Aegean Migrant Solidarity, borderline-europe, Can’t Evict Solidarity, το πλήρωμα του Iuventa, το Νομικό Κέντρο Λέσβου και το Watch the Med Alarm Phone.

UPDATE: May 19: trial in Kalamata - Another (partial) victory against the EU border regime!May 16, 22
Lampedusa as an Island of PeaceApr 27, 22

Joint Statement

Left-to-die four times: still no justice for the 130 people abandoned at sea on 21 April 2021Apr 22, 22
Criminalization of Refugees: The dark Side of EU and UNHCR Policies in TunisiaApr 19, 22

Joint Statement

NON-assistance for 34 people stuck on a Greek islet in the border river between Turkey and GreeceMar 31, 22

Joint Statement by Alarm Phone & Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN)

26 lives stuck on a container vessel need immediate disembarkation in closest port in Malta or Italy!Mar 08, 22
When the UNHCR in Tunisia throws refugees on the streets like rubbishFeb 18, 22
Migrants' lives don't matter in the Atlantic - another case of fatal non-assistance?Feb 09, 22
Another invisible tragedyFeb 06, 22
Syrian refugee with residence permit in Germany held in Amygdaleza’s prison in GreeceFeb 03, 22
ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗ, 24 Ιανουαρίου 2022 - Τέσσερα ναυάγια στο Αιγαίο και φόβος για δεκάδες νεκρούς, ενώ συνεχίζονται τα pushbacksJan 24, 22
Another tragedy on the way to the Canaries: On 16 January 2022, at least 43 people have lost their lives in another preventable shipwreck off the coast of Morocco.Jan 17, 22
UPDATE, 24 January 2022 - Four shipwrecks with dozens feared dead in the Aegean while pushbacks continue to happenDec 25, 21
70 People in a Shipwreck close to Crete - one Person diedDec 12, 21

Solidarity Statement from Chania

Over 400 lives at risk in the central Med: Do not let them drown!Nov 25, 21
Stop the war on migration along the EU-Belarus border! Freedom of movement for all!Nov 12, 21
Evacuation To Safety Now!Nov 02, 21

Urgent call to support the refugee protests in Tripoli

Struggling for Freedom of Movement since 2014: The Alarm Phone turns 7Oct 11, 21
Chain of push-backs from Tunisian ports to the Libyan desert!Oct 03, 21
Commemorating the 17 August 2020 tragedyAug 17, 21
The Many Faces of a ShipwreckJul 29, 21
Shipping Company Vroon Complicit In Forced Return: the Vos Triton Returns 170 People To Libya In An Illegal Push-Back By ProxyJun 29, 21

A report by Mediterranea Saving Humans, Sea Watch, WatchTheMed - Alarm Phone

Left to drown off Morocco's coastJun 02, 21
95 people returned to torture and abuseMay 08, 21

A joint statement by Alarm Phone and Mediterranea Saving Humans

Europe watches as a shipwreck takes place off the coast of LibyaMar 30, 21
Border FeminismsMar 08, 21

By Women In Solidarity House (WISH) Lesvos

HerdenkingsActie: Solidariteit met de families van de 91 mensen die verdwenen op zee!Feb 09, 21
CommemorAction: Solidarity with the families of the 91 people who disappeared at sea!Feb 09, 21
6 February: Global Day of CommemorAction for the Dead, Missing and Forcefully Disappeared at Sea and at the Borders!Feb 05, 21
Transnational Decentralized CommemorAction - 9th of FebruaryFeb 01, 21
Another forgotten shipwreck off Libya: 10 Libyans missing since 9 November 2020Jan 31, 21
From Fethiye to Rhodes; all DrownedJan 02, 21

A Commemoration of 14 people who drowned on 2nd January 2020 in the deadly Aegean Sea

International Migrants Day: Europe, there is nothing to celebrate!Dec 18, 20

Call for commemoration and for action

Open Letter to AuthoritiesDec 18, 20

The invisible shipwreck of 9 February 2020

Six Years Alarm Phone: The Struggle at Sea continuesOct 11, 20
Τα πραγματικά εγκλήματα είναι οι παράνομες επαναπροωθήσεις και οι παραβιάσεις ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων από την Ελληνική ΚυβέρνησηOct 02, 20
The Real Crimes are Push-backs and Human Rights Violations by the Greek GovernmentOct 01, 20

Alarm Phone Press Release

Plea for my brother, since 23 days on the vessel Maersk EtienneAug 28, 20

by Said

Shipwreck Off Libya FearedAug 17, 20
Rescued but not safe! Europe plays games with 52 lives!Jul 04, 20
New Report: Aerial collaboration between the EU and Libya facilitates mass interceptions of migrantsJun 17, 20

Press Release

About 400 people reach out to Alarm Phone over three daysMay 26, 20

Alarm Phone Press Release

Twelve Deaths and a Secret Push-Back to LibyaApr 16, 20

Press Release

The Covid-19 Excuse: Non-Assistance in the Central Mediterranean becomes the NormApr 11, 20

Alarm Phone Press Release

Free the #ElHiblu3Mar 27, 20
Invisible Shipwreck off Libya: Authorities Remain Silent, but Relatives Speak UpMar 19, 20

Alarm Phone Press Release

Returned to War and Torture: Malta and Frontex coordinate push-back to LibyaMar 15, 20

Alarm Phone Press Release

SOS: 110 people in Malta SAR need immediate rescueMar 14, 20

Alarm Phone Press Release

Escalating Violence in the Aegean Sea - Attacks and human rights abuses by European Coastguards, 1-3 March 2020Mar 04, 20
At the Greek-Turkish border, politicians play with people’s livesMar 01, 20
An Invisible Shipwreck?Feb 19, 20
Fishermen – The Invisible Solidarity Workers at SeaFeb 13, 20
650 people call Alarm Phone over 5 days – all escape Libya and reach Europe!Jan 28, 20

Alarm Phone Press Release

Mass escape, forced returns and Civil Fleet solidarity off the coast of Libya, 9-12 January 2020Jan 13, 20

Alarm Phone Press Release

Left-to-Die Trial in RomeDec 02, 19
Fourth Meeting of the Palermo Charter Platform Process in Bologna, 28-29 November 2019Nov 29, 19
Four days of Struggle against Mass Push-Backs to Libya and Death at SeaNov 26, 19

Press Release

Back to the Libyan Warzone - How Malta Instructed Libyan Authorities to Intercept 50 Migrants within the Maltese SAR ZoneOct 23, 19
Joint Press Release of the Palermo Charter Platform ProcessOct 12, 19
The Alarm Phone turns 5Oct 10, 19

Press Release

De-Confiscation of all Rescue Ships NOW!Sep 23, 19

In light of today’s meeting in Malta where five EU interior ministers convene to discuss a relocation quota for migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, we issue this collective statement to demand the immediate release of all NGO rescue ships

From Palermo and Barcelona to Naples: For the Right to Mobility and the Right to Rescue!Jun 22, 19

Joint Statement

The survivors on Maridive 601 must disembark – solidarity cities in Europe are willing to welcome them!Jun 03, 19
Witness Testimony - May 1st 2019 ShipwreckMay 06, 19
51 people pushed back north-west of SamosMay 04, 19
Boat with 35 Migrant Travelers in Distress Refouled to TurkeyApr 15, 19
Joint Statement – The Case of Alan KurdiApr 14, 19

Joint Statement coming from the civil SAR fleet.

Alarm Phone List of Distress Cases with Disappearances or DeathsJan 02, 19
Where are they? 12 People at sea, missing for over 100 hoursDec 27, 18
Alarm Phone member arrested and deported in MoroccoDec 04, 18
Alarm Phone Commemoration at the Moroccan-Algerian BordersNov 06, 18
31 people land in Melilla – Spanish and Moroccan authorities endangered their livesAug 30, 18
Press Release on the Sarost 5 Disembarkation AnnouncementJul 29, 18
Call to Action - Sarost 5Jul 26, 18
RCC Malta: Do not Deny your Responsibility for 40 People in DistressJul 19, 18
Press Release: Migrants rescued in Distress in Maltese Search and Rescue Zone illegally transferred to Tunisian territorial watersJul 18, 18
Statement: Four Push-Back Operations at the Greek-Turkish Land Border Witnessed by the Alarm PhoneJul 06, 18
Toward a Coalition of Solidarity – For the Right to Mobility and Equal Rights for AllJun 17, 18
Call for Safe and Open Harbours!Jun 17, 18
A Deadly Weekend in all three Regions of the MediterraneanJun 04, 18
Solidarity with the Rescuers Facing Charges in MytileneMay 06, 18
Another Tragedy in the Strait of GibraltarApr 06, 18
Left to Die in the Aegean Sea?Apr 01, 18
Solidarity with Proactiva OpenArms and with the Stansted15!Mar 21, 18
Joint Statement: Scapegoats for Failed EU Politics?Feb 27, 18
Three travellers gone missing in Western MediterraneanDec 14, 17

21 Migrants started from a beach south of Tangier towards Spain early on 3rd of December. Only 18 of them could be safed after hours. An avoidable catastrophe.

'We could not ignore this any longer!' Interview with Izmir migrants rights activistDec 04, 17
Mourn the Dead, Respect the Survivors - Create safe Passages!Nov 01, 17
From Morocco to Spain and beyond: collective resistance against a deadly border cooperationOct 26, 17
Developments in the Central Mediterranean over the past two yearsOct 18, 17
Deterrence no matter what - Europe escalates its War on MigrantsSep 07, 17
URGENT DISTRESS: 38 people nearly 24 hours at sea because coastguards did not react.Sep 01, 17
Non-Governmental Actors rescue thousands while Europe continues to criminalise their workJun 27, 17
#World Refugee DayJun 20, 17
Mass arrests, trials and deportations: report by our Alarm Phone friendJun 08, 17
Subsaharan migrants in Morocco / Algeria: Raids – Displacements – ArrestsApr 23, 17
Freedom for Gabriele del Grande!Apr 23, 17
Constructing a Deadly VoidApr 21, 17
Mass arrests in the North of Morocco - our friends in prisonMar 27, 17
European civil rescue organizations stand up against smuggling allegationsMar 03, 17

NGOs who rescue people from drowning at sea are encouraging smugglers who profit from dangerous Mediterranean crossings, Frontex Director Fabrice Leggeri told the German newspaper “DIE WELT” on Feb 27, 2017.

Two Month Report: 'They want the Sea to Kill – We want a Bridge to Life!'Jan 18, 17

More than 5,000 lives lost in the Mediterranean in 2016 and several Shipwrecks already in 2017 – Stop the Mass Dying at Europe’s maritime Gates!

Statement 26th of June 2016: Three deaths in the straight of Gibraltar caused by the arrival of the Marine Royal (Moroccan Navy)Jun 27, 16

During the interception the migrants’ boat capsized. The survivors witnessed that the Marine Royal did not rescue all passengers, but only 5 of the 8. The Marine Royal then left the three dead bodies behind.

Support for a co-ordinated Humanitarian Search and Rescue operation is denied. Does the Turkish Coast Guard hold responsibility for the deaths of two persons at sea?Jun 20, 16

Following accounts given by the survivors, why was a rescue operation not immediately started by the Turkish Coast Guard after it first arrived on scene at the GPS location?

Statement in light of the current situation in the Mediterranean Sea and yesterday’s eventsMay 27, 16

The EU and Death at Sea: The calculated and monitored dying in the Central Mediterranean

Open Letter: Against sensationalist and undignified practices by volunteers and journalistsFeb 15, 16

We ask for that in order to respect the dignity of the victims/survivors but also to maintain dignity ourselves, so that we can create a community and society in which the privacy and dignity of all people are valued and respected.

Newspaper: Ferries for AllFeb 12, 16

For the Freedom of Movement and Equal Rights for All! Campaign Newspaper from the transnational Project Alarmphone

Callout for transnational actions on the 6th February 2016Jan 25, 16

Perspectives on struggle and solidarity

Human rights violations on the island of FarmakonisiDec 15, 15

Alarm Phone demands immediate transfer of all refugees stranded on the Greek military island Farmakonisi – Travellers stuck on the island face inhumane conditions

Frontex slows down registration procedures in “Hot Spot” Moria, leaving refugees for days in life-threatening conditionsOct 25, 15

Welcome to Europe and Alarm Phone Statement about the Situation on Lesvos Island / Greece

1 Year Anniversary StatementOct 12, 15

"While we are confronted with a lot of despair, we have also been inspired uncountable times by the willingness to overcome the sea and to move on to desired places throughout Europe."

Weekly Report: European border regime is increasingly losing its ability to deterAug 30, 15
Distress at sea and endangered lives due to coastguard actions?Aug 05, 15

Alarm Phone Press Release, 5th of August 2015 Distress at sea and endangered lives due to coastguard actions? Evidence shows attacks on migrant boats in the Aegean Sea where engines were removed and boats punctured by coastguards

The EU kills Refugees, Ferries not Frontex!Apr 19, 15
Push Back FrontexFeb 15, 15

Against a new dimension of left-to-die-policy at sea

After Two Months in Operation: Insights into the Watch The Med Alarm PhoneDec 04, 14
Watch The Med Alarm Phone against Left-to-die cases at SeaOct 08, 14

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