Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 16th February 2024Case name: 2024_02_16-CM042
Situation: 45 travellers in distress in the Central Med, intercepted and returned to Libya.
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 45 travellers, 15 men, 20 women and 10 children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. We were not able to reach the travellers but received the GPS position from a relative. We then immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. Later, we learned that the travellers had been intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguard.
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