Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 16th November 2021Case name: 2021_11_16-CM626
Situation: Around 70 travellers in distress in the Central Med, intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguard and imprisoned in Libya.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Tuesday the 16th of November 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of around 70 travellers, including five women and eight children in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left the day before at 21.00 CET from Al Khoms on a white rubber boat. We informed all relevant rescue authorities, relaying the information we had, including the GPS position of the boat. We stayed in touch with the travellers and forwarded their updated position to the authorities when possible. We also updated authorities about the deteriorating situation onboard as water started entering the boat and the travellers ran out of fuel. After receiving the porision of the travellers at 19.56 CET, we lost contact to the boat. The following morning we learned from the relative that the travellers had been intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguard and were being held in prison.
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