Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 17th January 2024Case name: 2024_01_17-CM014
Situation: 30 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by the Italian coastguard and brought to Lampedusa.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Wednesday the 17th of January 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 30 travellers, including two women and a child, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from between Zuwara and Sabratha on a blue wooden boat. They had no life vests onboard. We managed to get their GPS position and immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We stayed in contact with the travellers who told us that waves were high and they feared for their lives. We relayed their updated positions to the authorities as often as possible. Later, we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the Italian coastguard and brought to Lampedusa.
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