19/11: 3 Cases - 16 people rescued to Lesvos; 30 people rescued to Samothraki, 6 people rescued to Kos

20.11.2019 / 20:31 / Aegean Sea

Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 19th of November 2019

Case name: 2019_11_19-AEG624
Situation: 16 people rescued to Lesvos; 30 people rescued to Samothraki, 6 people rescued to Kos
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea

Summary of the Case:

Short Overview
On 19 November 2019, our shift teams were alerted to three different cases in the Aegean Sea; a boat with 16 travellers were rescued by the Greek Coastguard (CG) from near the south of Lesvos; 30 people were rescued by the Greek CG 5km off Samothraki; 6 travellers were rescued by the Greek CG from a boat in distress near Kos.

Case 1:
At 08:17h CET we were informed by a relative of someone on board of a boat of 16 people in severe distress near to Mytilene/Lesvos. We informed the Greek Coastguard. The Greek CG called us at 09:08h to confirm the rescue. The travellers were taken to Lesvos.

Case 2:
The Alarm Phone was called at 10:55h CET by a relative of somebody on board a boat in distress 5km from Samothraki. We alerted the Greek CG who launched a rescue. At 13:08h the Greek CG confirmed the rescue of 30 people from that position.

Case 3:
At 21:30h a worried relative contacted us for information about a boat of six or seven people who had gone missing near Kos about an hour previously. We contacted the Greek CG who informed us that they had rescued a boat of six travellers who had all been taken to a hotspot.
Last update: 17:12 Dec 30, 2019
Credibility: UP DOWN 0
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  • Border police patrols
     
    While the exact location of patrols is of course constantly changing, this line indicates the approximate boundary routinely patrolled by border guards’ naval assets. In the open sea, it usually correspond to the outer extent of the contiguous zone, the area in which “State may exercise the control necessary to prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws” (UNCLOS, art. 33). Data source: interviews with border police officials.
  • Coastal radars
     
    Approximate radar beam range covered by coastal radars operating in the frame of national marine traffic monitoring systems. The actual beam depends from several different parameters (including the type of object to be detected). Data source: Finmeccanica.
  • Exclusive Economic Zone
     
    Maritime area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which the coastal state exercises sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, the seabed and its subsoil and the superjacent waters. Its breadth is 200 nautical miles from the straight baselines from which the territorial sea is measured (UNCLOS, Arts. 55, 56 and 57). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans
  • Frontex operations
     
    Frontex has, in the past few years, carried out several sea operations at the maritime borders of the EU. The blue shapes indicate the approximate extend of these operations. Data source: Migreurop Altas.
  • Mobile phone coverage
     
    Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network coverage. Data source: Collins Mobile Coverage.
  • Oil and gas platforms
     
    Oil and gas platforms in the Mediterranean. Data source:
  • Search and Rescue Zone
     
    An area of defined dimensions within which a given state is has the responsibility to co-ordinate Search and Rescue operations, i.e. the search for, and provision of aid to, persons, ships or other craft which are, or are feared to be, in distress or imminent danger. Data source: IMO availability of search and rescue (SAR) services - SAR.8/Circ.3, 17 June 2011.
  • Territorial Waters
     
    A belt of sea (usually extending up to 12 nautical miles) upon which the sovereignty of a coastal State extends (UNCLOS, Art. 2). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans