Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 20th December 2021Case name: 2021_12_20-WM816
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to around 20 travellers in distress in the Western Med, all rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Spain.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary: On Monday the 20th of December 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 20 travellers in distress in the Western Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had departed around 24 hours earlier from the West of Algeria, heading towards Spain on a rubber boat. Despite many attempts, we were not able to establish direct contact to the travellers. However, the relative told us that the boat was around 5 km from Almeria. We alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo, forwarding them all the information we had about the boat. A few hours later, we learned that Salvamento Maritimo had rescued a boat matching the description we gave. Shortly after, the relative confirmed that he had spoken to the travellers who were onboard a rescue vessel being brought to Spain.
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