Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 15th of September 2018Case name: 2018_09_15-WM331
Situation: 10 people in the Strait of Gibraltar, intercepted by the Moroccan navy.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Saturday the 15th of September, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to 9 boats in the western med. However, only in one case were we able to get in touch with the travellers and intervene. In the end, all the boats we were alerted to were intercepted by the Moroccan navy and brought back to Morocco.
At 1.33pm CEST our shift team was alerted by a contact person to a boat carrying 10 people, including one woman, who had left from a beach close to Tangier at 3.30am local time. The contact person forwarded us the phone number and position of the boat. At 4.08pm we informed SM about the boat via phone and email. However, at 5.04pm the contact person informed us that the travellers had been intercepted by the Moroccan navy.
Last update: 10:20 Sep 27, 2018
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