Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 20th June 2024Case name: 2024_06_20-CM183
Situation: 18 travellers in distress in the Central Med, intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguard.
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 18 travellers, including three children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from Sabratha, Libya. We received their GPS position and immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We passed on updates from the boat to the authorities when possible. Later, we learned that the travellers had been intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguard.
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