Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 5th January 2023Case name: 2023_01_05-ATL002
Situation: Around 90 travellers in distress in the Atlantic for weeks, finally rescued to Cabo Verde. According to one survivor, five people died.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Thursday the 5th of January 2023, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of around 80-90 travellers, all men, lost in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left on a wooden fishing boat from Kosar, Senegal, heading towards the Canary Islands. The travellers had left already on the 24th December 2022, and since then the relatives had no more news from them. We were not able to establish direct contact to the boat, but immediately alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo, relaying all the information we had. Salvamento Maritimo told us that they had been searching for the boat with a helicopter but without result. For several days we tried to reach the travellers without success.
Days later, we learned that the travellers had been rescued to Cabo Verde. According to one of the travellers, five people had died during the journey. Our solidarity is with the families and friends of those who lost their lives, as well as with the survivors who had to endure this traumatic journey.
Tweets about the case: https://twitter.com/alarm_phone/status/1614900471176495104
Last update: 14:34 Dec 07, 2023
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