Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 23rd October 2021Case name: 2021_10_23-CM606
Situation: Around 70 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by Doctors without Borders’ vessel Geo Barents.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Saturday the 23rd of October 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team received a direct call from a group of 70 travellers, including women and children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. They told us that they were travelling on a green rubber boat, and we managed to get their GPS position. We immediately alerted all relevant authorities to the distress situation. We stayed in touch with the travellers throughout the day and recharged the credit on their satellite phone to allow them to communicate with people on land. In the evening, we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the NGO vessel Geo Barents operated by Doctors without Borders.
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