Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 17th October 2021Case name: 2021_10_17-WM757
Situation: 59 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Sea, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to the Canary Islands.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Sea
Summary: On Sunday the 17th of October 2021, the Alarm Phone shift was alerted by a relative to a group of 59 travellers, 31 men, 20 women and five children, in distress in the Atlantic Sea. The travellers had left from Guelmim on a white rubber boat at around 05.00 CEST the previous morning. We were told by the relative that they were heading towards Lanzarote. We were not able to reach the travellers, and therefore could also not find out their exact location. At 11.18 CEST we alerted all relevant authorities to the distress of the travellers, forwarding the information we had. In the evening, the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo confirmed that they had rescued a boat matching the description we had given them, and that the travellers had been brought to the Canary Islands.
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