Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 4th January 2023Case name: 2023_01_04-WM002
Situation: 9 travellers in distress in the Western Med, intercepted by the Algerian coastguard.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Wednesday the 4th of January 2023, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of nine travellers in distress in the Western Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left on the 2nd of January from near Oran, heading towards Almeria. They were travelling on a grey rubber boat. 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. According to Salvamento Maritimo, they had not rescued a boat corresponding to this description. Later, the relative informed us that the travellers had been intercepted by the Algerian coastguard and brought back to Algeria.
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