Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 22nd August 2021Case name: 2021_08_22-WM678
Situation: Boat with 34 travellers in distress between Morocco and Spain intercepted and brought back to Morocco.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary: On Sunday the 22nd of August 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team received a direct call from a boat in distress in on its way from the north of Morocco to Spain. The 34 travellers onboard told us that they had left from Morocco the previous night.We were not able to figure out the exact location of the travellers, and after our initial phone call we were not able to reach the travellers again while they were at sea. Only later did we find out that they had been intercepted and brought back to Morocco.
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