Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 4th February 2021Case name: 2021_02_04-CM355
Situation: 100 people intercepted and returned by the so-called Libyan Coastguard
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the Case:
We were contacted by a relative of somebody on board a boat in distress. They told us that there were about 100 people on board. They gave us a number for the satellite phone of the boat.
We were not able to reach the boat nor were we able to establish a position. We later
learned that the boat had been intercepted and the passengers forcibly returned to Libya. The travellers had been detained.
Last update: 02:45 May 22, 2021
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