Media Reviews

1.: Articles in english

openDemocracy: Every refugee boat a rebellion? Supporting border transgressions at sea
Papierlose Zeitung: «Hery up please ???»: The records of a sea rescue
kpfa: Migration Struggles in the Mediterranean
Al Jazeera: Refugee deaths intensify call for safe EU passages
Guardian: Dozens feared dead as migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean
Guardian: EU asks tech firms to pitch refugee-tracking systems
Movements Journal: "A Disobedient Border-Intervention"
AFP: Volunteer hotline saves desperate migrants from the Med
AFP: "Volunteer hotline saves desperate migrants from the Med"
Malta Today: "NGOs demand humanitarian corridor, lay blame at the feet of Fortress Europe"

2.: Articles in german

analyse&kritik: Der tödliche Graben um die Festung Europa
Taz: "Schrecklicheres verhindert"
MDR: Mit dem Telefon Leben retten
Amnesty Journal Dezember 2015: Dranbleiben
SRF: "Migration 3.0"
BR: "Diese Hotline hilft Flüchtlingen in Seenot"
TAZ: "Menschlichkeit als Kompass"
Main TV: "Alarm Phone in Hanau hilft Flüchtlingen in Booten"
TAZ: "Die Grenzen wegdenken"
TAZ: "Luft raus, Motor weg"
Medico International: "Frontex steht mit dem Rücken zur Wand"
ProAsyl: "Die Zahl der Notrufe nimmt rapide zu"
ARD: "Man kann von Mord reden"
Basler Zeitung: «Es ist eine Schweinerei, dass es uns braucht»
TAZ: "Druck für mehr Verantwortung"
TAZ: "Hotline Hilfe"

3.: Articles in french

Le Monde: Les enfants d’Ushahidi : un numéro pour les migrants en Méditerranée
NPA: "Un bateau vers le Parlement européen pour dénoncer Frontex !"
20Minutes: "Un bateau de migrants va accoster au Parlement européen"
L’Orient Le Jour: "Les humanitaires ne croient pas beaucoup en l’Union européenne"

4.: Articles in dutch

HVNL: "Bootvluchtelingen redden vanuit de huiskamer"
NOS: "Ze bellen ons vanaf hun vluchtboot"

5.: Articles in greek

Η ΑΥΓΗ: "το παρατηρητήριο που σώζει ζωές στη Μεσόγειο"

6.: Articles in italian

Repubblica: "Migranti, un numero d'emergenza per i barconi in difficoltà"

7.: Articles in spanish

Zoomin.TV España: "Watch the Med, el teléfono salvavidas para refugiados"
NTN24: "Iniciativa ciudadana en Francia busca “demostrar que sí se puede” hacer algo frente a tragedias como la de migrantes en el Mediterráneo"

Alarmphone on X

⁨🆘 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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