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 authorities and tried to reach the […]

The post 11 people remain missing after shipwreck provoked by the Algerian navy, survivor recounts their story appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants

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 informed two merchant vessels […]

The post Pushback by merchant vessel to Libya against the wishes of captain and crew appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants

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 enormous distress it causes has lead to lots […]

The post Update on the efforts to locate the group reported missing after departing Zuwarah on 18 December 2025 appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants

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 immediately activate all of the necessary procedures for the identification of the […]

The post Over a thousand people missing in the Strait of Sicily: organisations call for immediate procedures to identify and return the deceased to their families appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants

Down with the visa system!

Today, we are turning to you to denounce the tightening of visa restrictions in Africa, partic- ularly in Senegal. Restrictive visa policies and increasingly complex and costly visa applica- tion procedures are a major obstacle and an endless struggle for Africans who wish to travel, study, work or join their families abroad. These policies have […]

The post Down with the visa system! appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants

Reject the EU-wide list of ‘safe countries of origin’ – Tunisia is not safe

Ahead of the vote in the European Parliament on 10 February, we, the undersigned organisations, urge the Members of the European Parliament to reject the proposed EU-wide list of so-called ‘safe countries of origin’. This list is an instrument to deny access to protection and to legitimize violence and persecution in these countries. One cannot […]

The post Reject the EU-wide list of ‘safe countries of origin’ – Tunisia is not safe appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants

Where are they? Three boats with 130 people disappeared in April 2025

Alarm Phone is supporting the families in their right to the truth Within a period of three weeks in April 2025, three boats disappeared in the Central Mediterranean. With them, three groups of people vanished, almost entirely without traces. After more than eight months, countless families still have no closure, because they don’t know the […]

The post Where are they? Three boats with 130 people disappeared in April 2025 appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants

In Loving Memory of My Little Brother, Bereke Kesete (2000–2025)

*** My brother, Bereke Kesete, was born in the year 2000 in rural Eritrea, into a family of farmers. We grew up in the countryside, rooted to the land and to each other. Some of my most beautiful memories are of him as a little boy riding on my shoulders while we worked our rich […]

The post In Loving Memory of My Little Brother, Bereke Kesete (2000–2025) appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants

Over 70 people disappeared: What happened to the boat departed from Zuwara at the end of August?

Families of disappeared persons, ASGI and Alarm Phone demand answers: How can a boat disappear in a region refered to as «one of the most closely surveilled areas of the world»? A few hours after midnight on 28 August 2025, Alarm Phone was informed about a boat that had left the Libyan shores two days […]

The post Over 70 people disappeared: What happened to the boat departed from Zuwara at the end of August? appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants

Group gets intercepted by Tunisian National Guard and sold to Libyan Border Guard for fuel: When does this violence end?

Content warning: This testimony contains descriptions of racism, kidnapping, physical violence and death of a baby On 15 of January 2026, Alarm Phone spoke with Gimmy, who was able to flee from being detained in Libya after he was deported there from Tunisia. We are very relieved to hear he managed to escape, but are […]

The post Group gets intercepted by Tunisian National Guard and sold to Libyan Border Guard for fuel: When does this violence end? appeared first on Alarm Phone.

#Migrants