Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st of December 2019Case name: 2019_12_21-AEG641
Situation: one boat in distress, 21 people incl. 7 children probably pushed back to Turkey by Greek coast guard
Status of WTM Investigation: investigation ongoing
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case:
On 21 December at 02:25h CET a relative called the Alarm Phone and alerted us to boat in distress. Onboard were 21 travellers, among them 7 children. Following the GPS position they were around 6nm south of Alexandroupolis in Greek waters. Under the given telephone numbers our shift team were not able to reach the travellers. At 02:56h the relative stated that water is entering the boat. And half an hour later according to him the boat was about to loose air. Our shift team called the Greek coastguard at 03:51h and sent also an email with all available information. Connection to the travellers was only established around 04:25h but the call ended quickly without any conversation. 20 minutes later the Greek coastguard was called again. They informed the Alarm Phone that all people are safe on a boat of their coastguard. The shift teams lacked confirmation by the travellers themselves and stayed in contact to the relative. Two days later the relative informed us that the people had been pushed back to Ederne, Turkey, by the Greek coastguard. Our investigations are ongoing.
Last update: 14:45 Oct 23, 2020
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