Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 25th August 2021Case name: 2021_08_25-CM552
Situation: 40 travellers from Al Khoms intercepted by so-called Libyan coastguard.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Case: In the late morning of Wednesday the 25th of August the Alarm Phone was called by a boat in distress carrying 40 travellers including 5 children. The boat had departed from Al Khoms the previous night. At 12:13h CEST we received a GPS position from them and alerted the Italian coastguard at 12:18h. Soon after our shift team saw that a merchant vessel, “Navin Osprey” of the company Brightship was very close to the distress case. We therefore alerted the company to the boat, they responded that while they were willing to help, they needed authorization from a Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC). We then spoke again to the Italian coastguard by phone and email, including Libyan authorities in our email correspondence. At 13:29h the so-called Libyan coastguard responded that they were heading towards the boat. Soon after they confirmed the interception.
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