Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 11th November 2021

Case name: 2021_11_11-CM622

Situation: Around 70 travellers intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguard, one person missing.

Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded

Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean

Summary On Thursday the 11th of November 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team received a direct call from a boat in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Onboard were around 70 travellers, including seven children. They had left from Abu Kammash the same morning at around 05.00 CET on a white rubber boat. They told us that the engine had broken and they were therefore left adrift. We could hear on the phone that they were panicking, as water was entering their boat and waves were high. We managed to get the GPS position of the travellers, showing that they were close to the Libyan coast, and immediately alerted all relevant authorities. At 08.40 CET the so-called Libyan coastguard confirmed that they had sent a boat to pick up the travellers. We stayed in touch with the travellers and relayed their updated positions along with information about the situation onboard to the authorities when possible. In the early afternoon, a relative told us that the travellers had been intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguard. They also informed us that one ofthe travellers had gone missing, and they feared he had died. The so-called Libyan coastguard confirmed the interception.

Tweets about the case: https://twitter.com/alarm_phone/status/1458722152845385728?lang=de
https://twitter.com/alarm_phone/status/1458771129829662725?t=94MJat9M7_enhlt059upSA&s=19