Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 20th June 2024Case name: 2024_06_20-CM182
Situation: 30 travellers in distress in the Central Med, arrived to Lamepdusa.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Thursday the 20th of June 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 30 travellers in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. According to the relative, the travellers were only 500 meters from the coast of Lampedusa and could see the island. They were travelling in a white fiberglass boat. We were not able to reach the travellers and did not know their exact GPS position. However, we immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. Later, we learned from the relative that the travellers had arrived safely to Lampedusa.
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