Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 12th of July 2016Case name: 2016_07_12-CM69
Situation: Boat with unknown number of people rescued to Libya, alarm via father Zerai
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Cases: On Tuesday, the 12th of July 2016, at 8.23, the Alarm Phone was alerted by father Mussie Zerai to a boat in the Central Mediterranean Sea, however without further details on the number of people on board and their condition. We tried to reach the travellers, but without success. Their Thuraya phone was fully charged, but they were apparently not able to use the phone, as the credit did not change throughout the day. At 8.47pm father Zerai informed us that the boat had been rescued by the Libyan Coastguards. The travellers had not managed to leave Libyan waters. 945 other travellers were rescued in over 6 rescue operations carried out amongst others by Sea Watch, MSF and MOAS and coordinated by the Italian Coastguard. In one vessel, four bodies were found according to a press release by the Italian Coastguard.
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