Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 12th July 2024Case name: 2024_07_12-CM217
Situation: 28 travellers in distress in the Central Med, arrived to Lampedusa.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Friday the 12th of July 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 28 travellers, including four children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. They were travelling on a grey and white wooden boat. We were not able to establish direct contact to the boat, but the relative gave us their GPS position. We then 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 to Lampedusa.
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