Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – August 16th 2021Case name: 2021_08_16-Cm538
SituationTwo children, three women, 25 men drifting, reached Lampedusa
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of Case In the morning of August 16th we received a distress call from a boat carrying two children, three women and 25 men who had run out of fuel and were drifting. According to the caller, close to the Italian coast. We alerted authorities at 04.39 CEST. We tried to re-establish contact to the boat in distress throughout the day. At 12.44 CEST the people contacted us again, informing us they had reached Lampedusa safely.
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