Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 12th of November 2019Case name: 2019_11_12-AEG619
Situation: 40 travellers intercepted and returned to Turkey
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Tuesday the 12th of November at 4:49am CET the Alarm Phone was alerted by friends of travellers to a boat with 40 people in distress. The GPS location of the boat was south of the island Lesvos in Turkish waters. After difficulties with communication with the travellers, at 5:22am we were informed that the Turkish coastguard had found the boat and that they would be returned to Turkey. At 01:00pm the Turkish coastguard confirmed the interception of several boats in the area overnight, one having that position of our boat at 7:00am. After many attempts, we also got a confirmation from the travellers themselves that they are back in Turkey.
Last update: 18:44 Dec 28, 2019
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