Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st of November 2019Case name: 2019_11_21-AEG626
Situation: 54 travelers to Chios returned to Turkey.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case:
At 22:41h CET on 21 November 2019, the Alarm Phone was informed about a boat on its way to Chios adrift in Turkish waters. We were told that water was entering the boat and the engine was broken. We immediately alerted the Turkish Coastguard (CG). At 08:45h the next morning we received confirmation from the Turkish CG that at 04:15h that morning they had rescued a boat with 54 travellers (13 men, 11 women, and 30 children) from the location we had given and returned them to Turkey. We learned that on board were 35 people from Syria, 7 from Afghanistan, 5 from Palestine, 5 from Kuwait, and 2 from Yemen.
Last update: 17:35 Dec 30, 2019
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