Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 4th February 2024Case name: 2024_02_04-CM028
Situation: 50 travellers in distress in the Central Med, probably arrived to Lampedusa.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Sunday the 4th of February 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of 50 travellers, including around five women and five children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from Zuwara on a grey wooden boat. The travellers told us that they were cold and exhausted and had almost run out of fuel. We managed to get their GPS position and immediately relayed all the information we had to the relevant search and rescue authorities. We stayed in contact with the travellers and relayed their updated positions to the authorities as frequently as possible. We could see that the travellers managed to approach Lampedusa. Eventually, we lost contact to the travellers, but learned that a boat matching the description they had given us had arrived to Lampedusa. Authorities refused to confirm the arrival of the particular boat, but we assume they arrived.
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