“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”.”
AFP: "Volunteer hotline saves desperate migrants from the Med"
Recent Posts Watch the Med – ReportsRescued! When 65 people alerted Alarm Phone to their distress in the central #Mediterranean, we alerted authorities and civil rescuers. As so often, it was the #civilfleet that reacted. Thank you @soshumanity_en!
🔴Breaking: This afternoon, the crew of our search and rescue ship Humanity 1, rescued 65 people in distress at sea. The survivors, including more than 10 minors & 4 women, had set out from Libya three days ago & had since been left exposed to the open sea & scorching heat. 1/3
From 4-8 August, up to 100 participants of the World Social Forum, incl. Alarm Phone, met in the migration village in #Cotonou. Composed mainly of activists from all over Africa, its transnational assembly published a manifesto for freedom of movement.
https://trans-border.net/index.php/manifesto-for-freedom-of-movement-manifeste-pour-la-liberte-de-circulation/
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.
