Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 19th January 2024Case name: 2024_01_19-CM017
Situation: 56 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued and brought to Lampedusa.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Friday the 19th of January 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 56 travellers, including three children and a woman. The travellers had left from Zuwara the previous evening. A relative told us that they had run out of fuel and that water was entering the boat. Through the relative we also managed to get their GPS position. We immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We then managed to reach the travellers, and forwarded their updated positions to authorities as frequently as possible. As time passed, we could hear that the panic onboard the boat increased and the travellers were reporting dangerous weather conditions. Later, we learned that the travellers had arrived safely to Lampedusa.
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