Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 31st August 2022Case name: 2022_08_31-ATL094
Situation: 54 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Ocean, arrived to the Canary Islands.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Wednesday the 31st of August 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of 54 travellers, 45 men and nine women, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from Guelmim on the 24th of August on a rubber boat. We were not able to reach the travellers as they did not have a satellite phone, but alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo to the distress situation, relaying all the information we had. In addition, we called the Moroccan rescue authorities, who told us that they had ongoing operations in the area. For the following day we stayed in contact with both Moroccan and Spanish authorities, as we attempted to find out what had happened to the boat. On the 2nd of September we learned from the relative, that the travellers had arrived to Spain.
Last update: 12:35 Aug 07, 2023
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