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

Alarmphone on X

🆘 ~30 lives at risk in the Central Med!

We were alerted by a group of about 30 people in distress in the Egyptian SAR zone, trying to flee to #Crete. They say they have been at sea for 3 days already and are without fuel and water. Authorities are alerted: Rescue without delay!

🆘️️! We were alerted to a boat in urgent distress carrying 25ppl who fled from #Libya.

The merchant vessel GREAT INTELLIGENCE found the boat, but MRCC Malta ordered them to wait "until further notice is received". Rescue to a safe country in Europe is urgent!

🆘 ~20 people in distress off #Samos, #Greece. We were informed about a boat with a broken engine near Samos. The group is urgently asking for help. We informed @HCoastGuard and demand the launch of a rescue operation and #NoPushback.