Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 3rd of August 2017Case name: 2017_08_03-AEG297
Situation: 37 people including 11 children reached the Greek island of Samos
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Thursday the 3rd of August 2017 at 4.30am, a contact person forwarded the GPS coordinates of a boat on its way to the Greek island of Samos to us. At 4.45am, we learned that there were 37 people on the boat, including 11 children. We also received their phone number and tried to reach the travellers. At 5.54am, we were able to talk to them, they were calm and their boat was still moving in the direction of Samos. At 5.10am, we called the Greek coastguard in Piraeus and were told that they had already approached the boat, but that the travellers were not in distress and intended to continue their journey. Still, at 5.16am, we also sent an email to the Greek coastguard and the UNHCR, in order to provide them with the boats GPS position and phone number in written form. Afterwards, we were not able to get in contact with the travellers again, but two days later, the contact person informed us that they had safely reached the Greek island of Samos.
Last update: 07:38 Sep 07, 2017
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