A method for handling of emergency calls in a roaming scenario includes: initiating, by a user equipment, a voice call using a specific emergency call telephone number, wherein the specific emergency call telephone number is a valid emergency call telephone number in a visited telecommunications network, and wherein the voice call is initiated via transmitting a first message comprising the specific emergency call telephone number to a second network node of a home telecommunications network; initially handling, by the user equipment, the voice call as a normal voice call; detecting the specific emergency call telephone number as being a valid emergency call telephone number within the visited telecommunications network in relation to the voice call; and generating, by the home telecommunications network, a second message, the second message being transmitted to the user equipment, the second message comprising an indication, to the user equipment, to trigger an emergency call procedure.