The people said they had not eaten in days, and that 1 person had a badly injured leg. We alerted authorities who said they searched but found no one. We lost contact with the people since last night and fear a #pushback. Where are they?
Yesterday we alerted authorities to a sinking boat off #Tunisia. According to the Tunisian Coast Guard, 59 people are alive and with at least 3 people missing, among them children.
Our thoughts go to them and to their loved ones.
Thanks to @alarm_phone, we know now what happened. They were taken back to Libya, imprisoned, and their families asked to pay a ransom. Once again, the EU has chosen to empower Libyan traffickers and profit from the suffering of people on the move instead of rescueing them!