Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 8th July 2024Case name: 2024_07_08-CM203
Situation: Around 60-70 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 Monday the 8th of July 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of around 60-70 travellers, including two pregnant women, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. They had left from Zuwara, Libya, in the morning on a grey rubber boat. Communication with the boat was very difficult due to poor reception. However, we managed to get their GPS position and immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We stayed in contact with the travellers and passed on updates to the authorities as often as possible. As time passed we could hear that the situation was deteriorating, and the travellers reported being exhausted and that they were running out of fuel. Later, we learned that the travellers were intercepted by the so-called Libyan coastguard.
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