Papierlose Zeitung: «Hery up please ???»: The records of a sea rescue

“On 9th September 2015, a Syrian woman contacts by whatsapp the shift team of Watch the Med Alarmphone, an independant hotline for boat people in distress. She is on a boat close to Lesbos. The engine is broken. The whatsapp conversation published here gives impressive insights into Alarmphone’s valuable work and shows clearly the reprehensibility of the European border policies which bring refugees in such dangerous and all too often deadly situations.”

External Link: Papierlose Zeitung: «Hery up please ???»: The records of a sea rescue

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All the people have survived hardship at home and in Libya, over 24 hours on a rubber boat, days onboard the #Maridive703 vessel, abandoned by all competent authorities, an evacuation onto #OceanViking and if that was not enough, a 4-day journey to disembark in northern Italy.

🚨Weather alert for the Central Med!

The weather in the Central #Mediterranean will be extremely dangerous for departures. We hope that people planning to leave #Tunisia or #Libya in the next days are aware and will consider the weather conditions.

1/2 According to local authorities and media articles, everyone in the group was found earlier today near #Afetes village in southern #Pelion. They were part of a group of 24 people in total, traveling from Turkey by sea in rough weather.

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