Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 30th of December 2019Case name: 2019_12_30-W439
Situation: 40 people lost at sea between Western Sahara and the Canaries.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary of the Case:
We were alerted by a relative of a traveller to a boat in distress which had left Dakhla on the 28.12. It was carrying 40 people, including 10 women one of whom was pregnant and a child. We were never able to make contact with the boat. We contacted the Spanish Search and Rescue organisation Salvamento Marítimo (SM) in Las Palmas. SM Las Palmas searched for 2 days with a plane, but to no avail. The worried relative never heard from their loved one again. We fear, though cannot confirm, that another 40 people were killed by Europe's lethal southern border.
Last update: 09:43 Mar 04, 2020
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