Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – July 16th 2021Case name: 2021_07_16-WM649
Situation: 40 women, ten children and 27 men intercepted to Dakhla by Moroccan Navy, at least one person found dead.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary of Case In the afternoon of July 16th a relative alerted us to a boat carrying 84 people who had departed from Boujdour four days previously. We were unable to establish contact to the boat and alerted authorities at 13.28 CEST. The Spanish Search and Rescue organisation Salvamento Marítimo (SM) Las Palmas had found nothing by the end of the day but confirmed they would continue searching the following day. In the afternoon of July 18th we managed to reach one of the telephone numbers which were on the boat. The person informed us they had been rescued from sea and intercepted to Dakhla by the Moroccan Navy after having spent seven days at sea. At least two people died. At 19.35 CEST the same day an operator from the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre Rabat confirmed an interception matching the description of this case to Dakhla.
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July 16th
14.33 CEST
July 18th
22.15 CEST
Last update: 15:59 Feb 03, 2022
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