Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st of January 2022Case name: 20220121-AEG854
Situation: Boat with 21 people in distress in Turkish waters, after having been pushed back. When we called the Turkish Coast Guard, the Hellenic Coast Guard had already informed them. Everyone was brought to Muğla.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Eastern Med
Summary of the Case:
On the 21st of January a relative informed Alarm Phone about 21 people in distress on a boat in Turkish waters, on their way to Rhodos Island, and that they had been pushed back by Hellenic Coast Guard before. We couldn't establish contact to the people on board. At 05:09 CET we alerted the Turkish Coast Guard about the situation. They told us the Hellenic Coast Guard already had alerted them to this case and they had already commenced a rescue operation.
"21 irregular migrants were rescued from a rubber boat pushed back into Turkish Territorial Waters by the Greek elements Coast Guard Boat" was later stated in the article below, posted by the Turkish Coast Guard.
At 07:10 CET the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Ankara informed us that everybody was safe and brought to Muğla, Turkey.
Last update: 19:16 May 16, 2022
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