Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 5th March 2022Case name: 2022_03_05-CM043
Situation: Around 65 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by NGO vessel Geo Barents.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Saturday the 5th of March 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of around 65 travellers, including 11 women and eight children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. They were travelling on a black rubber boat. We managed to get their GPS position and immediately relayed all information we had to the relevant search and rescue authorities. Soon after, we lost contact to the boat. Later, we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the search and rescue NGO vessel Geo Barents.
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