05/11: 33 people stranded on Nimos, rescued to Simi

06.11.2019 / 22:20 / Aegean Sea

Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 5th of November 2019

Case name: 2019_11_05-AEG612
Situation: 33 people stranded on Nimos island and were brought to Simi port
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea

Summary of the Case:
On 5 November at 12:08h CET our shiftteam was informed about a group of 33 travellers, among them 6 women and a toddler, who had stranded on Nimos island. They told they got wet when reaching the shore and that one men was injured. At 12:17h the Alarm Phone received their GPS position and some minutes later called the Greek coastguard. Unfortunately the coastguard stated to be not responsible as the group were already on land and therefore should call 112 by themselves. Our shiftteam communicated this back to the stranded group but they were not able to call the emergency hotline in Greece due to their Turkish SIM card . The Alarm Phone called the Greek coastguard again and was connected to the operation center and passed them all neccessary information. At 12:46h the stranded group reported a boat but were worried if this boat will help them. At 13:10h our shiftteam clearified the situation and got the information that it will take another one to two hours until a suitable boat will arrive. The information were communicated back to the stranded group. At 14:20h the travellers confirmed the arrival of the Greek coastguard, who shortly after confirmed the transfer of the group to Symi.
Last update: 10:34 Nov 26, 2019
Credibility: UP DOWN 0
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  • Border police patrols
     
    While the exact location of patrols is of course constantly changing, this line indicates the approximate boundary routinely patrolled by border guards’ naval assets. In the open sea, it usually correspond to the outer extent of the contiguous zone, the area in which “State may exercise the control necessary to prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws” (UNCLOS, art. 33). Data source: interviews with border police officials.
  • Coastal radars
     
    Approximate radar beam range covered by coastal radars operating in the frame of national marine traffic monitoring systems. The actual beam depends from several different parameters (including the type of object to be detected). Data source: Finmeccanica.
  • Exclusive Economic Zone
     
    Maritime area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which the coastal state exercises sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, the seabed and its subsoil and the superjacent waters. Its breadth is 200 nautical miles from the straight baselines from which the territorial sea is measured (UNCLOS, Arts. 55, 56 and 57). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans
  • Frontex operations
     
    Frontex has, in the past few years, carried out several sea operations at the maritime borders of the EU. The blue shapes indicate the approximate extend of these operations. Data source: Migreurop Altas.
  • Mobile phone coverage
     
    Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network coverage. Data source: Collins Mobile Coverage.
  • Oil and gas platforms
     
    Oil and gas platforms in the Mediterranean. Data source:
  • Search and Rescue Zone
     
    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.
  • Territorial Waters
     
    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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