AFP: "Volunteer hotline saves desperate migrants from the Med"

“The NGO also keeps track of rights violations, mapping their location. It states its ultimate goal as “contributing to ending the deaths of migrants at sea and promoting an alternative vision for the Mediterranean”.”

External Link: AFP: "Volunteer hotline saves desperate migrants from the Med"

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🆘 from the Central Med - 30 people in distress south of Lampedusa
Alarm Phone was called by a group in distress on a rubber boat just 40nm off #Lampedusa, who are struggling in the wind and waves.
Authorities are informed and should bring the people to safety without delay!

In a few weeks in April 2025, 3 boats disappeared in the Central Med. More than 130 people remain missing, more than 130 families continue to search for answers. Alarm Phone stands with them today & every day against the EU border regime. #CommemorAction
https://alarmphone.org/en/2026/02/06/where-are-they-three-boats-with-130-people-disappeared-in-april-2025/?post_type_release_type=post

On 27 August 2025, ~70 people disappeared in the Central Mediterranean. Since that day families are searching for their loved ones. On 4 February, ASGI filed a request to the Italian Coastguard to finally get some answers. Read our joint statement:
https://alarmphone.org/en/2026/02/06/over-70-people-disappeared/?post_type_release_type=post

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