Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 13th of November 2019Case name: 2019_11_13-AEG620
Situation: 33 people started from Turkey, rescued North of Lesvos; 8 people, 1 pregnant woman, 1 baby 20 days old, started from Turkey, rescued to Turkey from East of Lesvos
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On November 13th the Alarm Phone was alerted to two situations in the Aegean Sea near Lesvos. The first group of 30 travellers were rescued by the Greek coastguard and brought to Lesvos. The second group of eight travellers were brought back to Turkey.
Case 1:
At 00:59am CET the Alarm Phone was alerted to a boath with 30 travellers including children. Their GPS position was received at 01:05am, in the Greek search and rescue zone and on the border to Greek territorial waters, North East of Lesvos. The Greek coastguard in Piraeus was passed this information, including the number of travellers and their phone numbers via e-mail at 01:19am. In addition, the Greek coastguard was informed of the case via phone at 01:22am, where they confirmed that a rescue in the area was ongoing. At 02:18am the Greek coastguard confirmed that they had rescued a boat with 33 people. The people on boat confirmed they had safely reached Lesvos at 03:35am.
Case 2:
The Alarm Phone was alerted to a situation of a boat with eight travellers, among them a pregnant woman and a 20-day-old newborn. The GPS position of the boat was on the border line between the Turkish and Greek search and rescue zones. At 11:38pm the Greek coastguard in Piraeus was informed via phone, and confirmed that they would start a search and rescue operation. In addition, an e-mail was sent at 00:05am including all information available to the Alarm Phone. At 00:26am the Alarm Phone received the names of two travellers on the boat, which were passed on to the Greek coastguard, who informed the Alarm Phone the operation was ongoing but no boat had been found at the GPS coordinates the Alarm Phone had forwarded. At 1:36am the Alarm Phone was informed by the people on the boat that they were with the Turkish coast guard. This information was passed to the Greek coastguard in Piraeus at 01:40am via phone and e-mail. The people spoke about an attack by a boat with men wearing clothes with Greek flags. We are investigating the case.
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