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

🆘 37 vite umane in pericolo nel #Mediterraneo centrale!

@alarm_phone ha segnalato alle Autorità un’imbarcazione alla deriva in zona SAR maltese. Preoccupa che non ci siano contatti da ieri sera: è necessaria un’urgente operazione di soccorso!

@MaltaGov @mitgov_it @Viminale

🆘 37 people in distress in the Central Med!

We alerted authorities about 37 people who are adrift in the Maltese search and rescue zone.
We lost contact 8 hours ago and are very concerned about their fate! They urgently need rescue!

🆘 30 people forced back to #Libya!

Last night, the merchant vessel ALATAU helped to forcibly return 30 people who tried to escape from Libya.
We condemn the collaboration with Libyan actors when returning people to the violence they want to flee from!

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