370 people in distress between Tripoli and lampedusa

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05.06.2014 / 19:36 / Central Mediterranean

In the evening of the 5 of June (at 7.36 PM) Father Mussie Zerai has received and transmitted to the Italian coast guards the following information of distress:
"Abbiamo ricevuto richiesta di aiuto dal mediterraneo da una imbarcazione con a bordo circa 370 persone di cui 80 donne 30 minori tutti di nazionalità Eritrea in viaggio da 12 ore partiti dalla Libia.
La loro posizione al momento della segnalazione ore 19.36 Lat N. 034 Deg 010'049.613 Lon E 012 Deg 031'025.985 il telefono satellitare a bordo +8821669978350"
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    Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network coverage. Data source: Collins Mobile Coverage.
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    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.
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    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

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