Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 30th January 2024Case name: 2024_01_30-CM022
Situation: 33 travellers in distress in the Central Med, attacked by the so-called Libyan coastguard and intercepted to Tripoli.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Tuesday the 30th of January 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 33 travellers in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from Zuwara on a blue wooden boat. According to the relative, they were being attacked and shot at by an approaching vessel, probably in a forced pullback operation by the so-called Libyan coastguard. We received their GPS position and immediately alerted all relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all information we had. Later, we learned from the relative that the travellers had been intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguard and brought to Tripoli. We strongly condemn these violent attacks on people on the move!
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