Alarm Phone
Hotline support for people crossing the Mediterranean Sea to the EU
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Group of 18 people missing in the Central Mediterranean: What happened after August 8?
In the evening of the 9th of August 2026 the Alarm Phone hotline was alerted to a fibreglass boat which departed from Libya the evening before. According to family members, on the boat there were 18 people from Bangladesh, Egypt, Kurdistan and Somalia. 17 men and a 13/14 year…
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UPDATE: Stop The Shootings at Sea!
On 12 October 2025, we were called from a group of around 140 people escaping from Libya on a fishing vessel. Their GPS position (N34 50, E015 54) at 11:30 UTC showed them in international waters in the Maltese search and rescue zone. The people reported being under attack from…
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Disappeared for one year: What happened to the group of over 70 people who left Zuwara on August 26 2025?
Families of the disappeared, ASGI Medea and Alarm Phone provide an update on the search for truth and accountability. A year after the boat that left Zuwara on 26 August 2025 lost contact in the Central Mediterranean, the families of the more than 70 people who were on board…
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New measures against migration and new routes by people on the move
Introduction In the first half of 2026, Alarm Phone was alerted to 280 boats in distress in the central Mediterranean Sea. In the same period of the year before, we had been alerted to 334 boats on this migration route. In the second half of 2025, a total number of 428 boats…
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Evros: Instead of Help, Violence Arrives
In the past months, Alarm Phone received many calls from the Evros/Meriç region by people on the move being stranded in Greek territory. Most of these cases ended with heavy violence, robbery and illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities. Frontex, UNHCR and others are silent…
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Visas for Everyone or no Visas at all!
1. Introduction The title of this regional report echoes a slogan we often chant during our meetings within the Alarm Phone network: “Visas for everyone, or visas for no one! For all migrants worldwide! RESISTENCIA!”. “For everyone or for no one” evokes the principle of equal…
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11 people remain missing after shipwreck provoked by the Algerian navy, survivor recounts their story
On the 1st of March 2026, Alarm Phone was contacted by a relative about a boat which was missing since the 26th of February. 29 people with different nationalities had left Algiers trying to reach Palma de Mallorca. Among the people on board were two babies. Alarm Phone alerted…
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Pushback by merchant vessel to Libya against the wishes of captain and crew
On 10th March 2026, Alarm Phone was informed about a boat in distress carrying 38 people on the way from Tobruk (Libya) to Crete. They were in the Egyptian Search and Rescue (SAR) zone, but close to the Greek SAR border. We alerted the Greek and the Egyptian authorities. We also…
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Update on the efforts to locate the group reported missing after departing Zuwarah on 18 December 2025
116 persons still missing: Where are they? Families of a group of 116 people desperately seek answers after more than 2 months. First report published on the AP website on 24 December 2025. After more than two months, the 116 people remain missing. The disappearance and the…
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Over a thousand people missing in the Strait of Sicily: organisations call for immediate procedures to identify and return the deceased to their families
Following several shipwrecks in the Strait of Sicily during Cyclone Harry, causing the disappearance of around a thousand people between 14 and 21 January 2026, MEM. MED, ASGI, Mediterranea and Alarm Phone sent letters to Italian national and local authorities urging them to…