Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 8th December 2021Case name: 2021_12_08-WM803
Situation: 60 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: Altantic Sea
Summary On Wednesday the 8th of December 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 60 travellers, 38 men, 10 women and two children, in distress in the Atlantic Sea. The travellers had left from Laayoune early the same morning on a rubber boat and were heading towards the Canary Islands. We were not able to reach the travellers, but received their GPS position from that afternoon from the relative. This, together with all other information we had, we immediately forwarded to the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo. In the evening, Salvamento Maritimo confirmed that they had rescued the travellers.
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