Guardian: Dozens feared dead as migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean

“The boat may be the same sinking vessel that was detected earlier in the day by Alarm Phone, a group of Europe-based activists who take calls from stricken asylum seekers and refer their coordinates to coastguards.

Alarm Phone took a call at 8.45am CET from a boat of refugees in waters north of Zuwara, reporting that a second boat was sinking nearby, though the group said: “It is difficult for us to know for sure that this is the same shipwreck.” Nevertheless, the group believes those they spoke to were Syrian – the first sign since the start of the EU-Turkey deal that Syrians are beginning to use Libya as springboard to Europe.

An activist with Alarm Phone said: “The guy we were speaking to was Syrian, and he said that most of the people on the boat were Syrians and Iraqis. The people around him were talking in a Syrian dialect, mostly north-eastern Syria. Additionally, we are monitoring Facebook pages in Arabic and we are witnessing lately that there are a lot of people arriving in Libya and willing to go to Europe.””

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🆘 Boat adrift in the central #Mediterranean!
We are in contact with a group of ~50 people, incl. 6 children, in distress who fled #Libya. They've been drifting for hours in strong wind & waves and report water entering the boat.
Authorities are informed, please act immediately!

🆘 One person missing in the central #Mediterranean

37 people, who fled from #Tobruk in #Libya, contacted us when in distress at sea. They were adrift in the Egyptian SAR zone. Eventually, a merchant vessel rescued them. However, one person went overboard. 1/

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