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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🆘from 44 people, including 1 child, south of #Crete!
We were called by people on the boat yesterday but have not heard from them since last night, when they told us water was entering the boat. We alerted all authorities including @HCoastGuard & urge them to send rescue now!

🆘 16 people missing in the #WesternMed. We were alerted by a relative of a boat that left Boumerdes #Algeria on 6th July. We have not had news from them since their departure. @Salvamentogob is alerted. We hope they will be found and brought to safety!

🆘16 personnes disparues en #MéditerranéeOccidentale. Nous avons été alertés par un proche d'un bateau parti de Boumerdes, #Algérie, le 6 juillet. Nous sommes sans nouvelles depuis leur départ. @Salvamentogob a été alerté. Nous espérons qu'ils seront retrouvés et mis en sécurité!

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