Alarm Phone Statement: "Non-Governmental Actors rescue thousands while Europe continues to criminalise their work"

Dear all,

Over the past three days more than 10,000 boat-people were rescued off the coast of Libya. The Alarm Phone dealt with distress cases on Saturday, Sunday and Monday in the Central Mediterranean. Many would have lost their lives, had it not been for the Search and Rescue (SAR) NGOs, who worked at and beyond their limits. We can expect thousands of people to set out from Libya over the next days and weeks trying to cross the Mediterranean. After forcing them onto this precarious maritime route through its border policies, will Europe adhere to its politics of abandonment and let thousands more drown?

Please find today's Alarm Phone statement on our website: https://alarmphone.org/en/2017/06/27/non-governmental-actors-rescue-thousands-while-europe-continues-to-criminalise-their-work/ 

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Please read and spread widely! 

All the best, the Alarm Phone

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Dr Maurice Stierl

Visiting Assistant Professor

University of California, Davis