96 migrants handed over to Libyan authorities by Turkish ship

05.08.2013 / 01:00 / Central Mediterranean

According the a military source quoted by the Times of Malta, in the early hours of Monday 5th of August, a group of 96 migrants who had left Libya were rescued by the Adakent, a Turkish cargo ship in the (undeclared) Libyan search and rescue zone. The Turkish ship, had been informed by the Italian Coast Guard and followed their instructions to head towards Tripoli, which was the nearest port of call, where it handed over the migrants to the Libyan authorities.

The trajectory of the Adakent as indicated on the map is based on automated vessel tracking data (AIS) as accessed via Marinetraffic.com. At the very beginning of the portion of its course indicated here (as of midnight on 05.08.2013) the Adakent seems to have operated a small "hook" that could correspond to the moment of rescue. It arrived in Tripoli towards the end of the morning of the same day.

Last update: 14:23 Jun 17, 2014

Sources

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130805/local/tanker-carrying-migrants.480832

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Government-stops-tanker-carrying-102-irregular-migrants-entering-Maltese-waters-20130805

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96 migrants handed over to Libyan authorities by Turkish ship

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