Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 20th August 2021Case name: 2021_08_20-CM546
Situation: 47 travellers in distress in the Central Med, finally brought to Lampedusa
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Friday the 20th of August 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team was called directly by a group of 47 travellers, including 12 children and 15 elderly people, who were in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had been at sea for more than 30 hours and had run out of food and water. They sent us their GPS position, showing that they were in Maltese waters. At 23.22 CEST we sent an email to all relevant authorities, alerting them to the distress of the travellers. We called the Italian coastguard, who refused to take responsibility as the travellers were in Maltese waters. We then called the Maltese coastguard who copied our information. At 02.01 CEST we managed to reach the travellers again. They told us that they were now very close to Lampedusa and could see the island. We forwarded this information to the authorities as well. Later that morning we learned that the travellers had been rescued and brought to Lampedusa.
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