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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🆘️! 1 person in distress, swimming to #Kos, #Greece!
We were alerted by family members that their relative started swimming from the Turkish shore yesterday evening. We are sincerely worried about the person & remain without news from neither relatives nor local authorities.

🆘13 people in distress in the #WesternMed. They left Tipaza, #Algeria, in the morning of August 30. Since then, there are no news from them and their relatives are very worried! @Salvamentogob is alerted. We hope they will soon be found and brought to safety. #FreedomOfMovement

🆘 13 personnes en détresse en #MéditerranéeOccidental! Parties de Tipaza, en #Algérie la matin du 30 août, nous sommes sans nouvelles depuis. Les proches s’inquiètent! @Salvamentogob a été alerté. Nous espérons qu'elles seront vite retrouvées et secourues. #LibertéDeCirculation!