Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 19th February 2022Case name: 2022_02_19-CM038
Situation: Around 120 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by NGO vessel Sea Watch 4.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Saturday the 19th of February 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a boat with around 120 travellers in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from Sabratha the previous evening on a rubber boat. We managed to get the GPS position of the travellers and immediately relayed all the information we had to the relevant search and rescue authorities. We later learned that the vessel Sea Watch 4, operated by the German search and rescue organisation Sea Watch had rescued the travellers.
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