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Phones can call 112 without a SIM, so it might work, though I haven't tried it.

I thought this was removed due to abuse taking place with such phones

Oh hm, I don't know, and I didn't want to try by placing spurious emergency calls.

Try next time you see an emergency that you can call in, to pop your sim first. At least if it's not one where seconds count.