Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 11th of September 2019Case name: 2019_09_11-AEG571
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to a migrant group in distress in the Aegean Sea
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Wednesday the 11th of September 2019, the Alarm Phone was alerted at 7.31am CEST to a boat in distress, carrying 7 people. According to the contact person who informed us, the boat was broken and unable to move. They were still in Turkish waters, close to Akyarlar. At 7.43am we alerted the Turkish coastguards and shortly after they carried out a rescue operation. The people confirmed that they were fine.
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