Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st January 2022Case name: 2022_01_21-CM014
Situation: 54 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by rescue NGO Geo Barents.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Friday the 21st of January 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team received a direct call from a group of 54 travellers in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from Zuwara the evening before at 20.00 CET. We managed to get their GPS position and immediately relayed all the information we had to the relevant rescue authorities. Later in the morning we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the rescue NGO vessel Geo Barents operated by Doctors without Borders.
Last update: 14:19 Jul 20, 2022
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