Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 16th February 2024Case name: 2024_02_16-CM039
Situation: 40 travellers in distress in the Central Med, intercepted and brought to Kerkennah, Tunisia.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Friday the 16th of February 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of around 40 travellers, including six women and three children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from between Zuwara and Sabratha on a blue wooden boat. We were not able to reach the travellers but managed to get their GPS position from the relative and immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. Later, we learned from the relative that the travellers had been intercepted by the Tunisian coastguard and brought to the Tunisian island Kerkennah.
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