Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations –26th of May 2019Case name: 2019_05_26-AEG531
Situation: 54 people landed on Samos
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Sunday the 26th of May 2019 at 3:44am CEST the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a boat carrying 54 people including 24 children and 10 women. Soon, at 3:46am, the boat landed on Samos. We informed the Greek Coastguard in Piraeus. At 4:28am we learned via the contact person that the travellers could see boats arriving, however the travellers were afraid of a pushback and refused to board the rescue boat. Over the next few hours we tried to reassure the group of travellers and encouraged them to accept help from the Greek authorities. At 7:25am the Greek police informed us that they found the group at the Zoodochos Pigi monastery and were beginning to transport people to the next village. At 7:42am we received confirmation from the travellers that they had arrived safely.
Last update: 08:36 Jun 17, 2019
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